While this book is not futuristic it does attempt to define the concerns, the issues and the controversies that will be realities in years to come. The author contends that the toughest problems we face are those created by the successes of the past - the success of the welfare state, the invention of the fiscal state and the knowledge society. It does not confine itself to American topics but deals with government, society and the economies in Japan, Western Europe, Russia and in the developing countries. It does not focus on what to do tomorrow but on what to do today in contemplation of tomorrow. Within its self-imposed limitations it attempts to set the agenda.
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Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 195 mm
Breite: 126 mm
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978-0-7493-0355-6 (9780749303556)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 The political realities: the divide; no more salvation by society; the end of FDR's America; when the Russian empire is gone; now that arms are counterproductive. Part 2 Government and political process: the limits of government; the new pluralisms; beware charisma - the changing demands on political leadership. Part 3 Economy, ecology and economics: transnational economy, transnational ecology; the paradoxes of economic development; economics at the crossroads. Part 4 The knowledge society: the post-business society; the two countercultures; the information-based organization; management as social function and liberal art; the shifting knowledge base; from analysis to perception - the new world view.
