Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world.
Ever since humans began to farm, herd livestock, and pass on their assets to future generations, economic inequality has been a defining feature of civilization. Over thousands of years, only violent events have significantly lessened inequality. The "Four Horsemen" of leveling--mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues--have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Scheidel identifies and examines these processes, from the crises of the earliest civilizations to the cataclysmic world wars and communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future.
An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent--and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon.
Автор: Chase-Dunn, Christopher K., Название: Global struggles and social change : ISBN: 1421438623 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421438627 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4198.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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Deftly demonstrates how the rise and fall of social movements throughout history is closely linked to economic and political developments.
In the early decades of the twenty-first century, an international movement to slow the pace of climate change mushroomed across the globe. The self-proclaimed Climate Justice movement urges immediate action to reduce carbon emissions and calls for the adoption of bold new policies to address global warming before irreversible and catastrophic damage threatens the habitability of the planet. On another front, since the 1980s, multiple waves of resistance have occurred around the world against the uneven transition from state-led development to the neoliberal globalization project. Both Climate Justice and Anti-Austerity movements represent the urgency of understanding how global change affects the ability of citizens around the world to mobilize and protect themselves from planetary warming and the loss of social protections granted in earlier eras.
In Global Struggles and Social Change, Christopher Chase-Dunn and Paul Almeida explore how global change stimulates the formation and shape of such movements. Contending that large-scale economic shifts condition the pattern of social movement mobilizations around the world, the authors trace these trends back to premodern societies, revealing how severe disruptions of indigenous communities led to innovative collective actions throughout history. Drawing on historical case studies, world system and protest event analysis, and social networks, they also examine the influence of global change processes on local, national, and transnational social movements and explain how in turn these movements shape institutional shifts.
Touching on hot-button topics, including global warming, immigrant rights protests, the rise of right-wing populism, and the 2008 financial crisis, the book also explores a broad range of premodern social movements from indigenous people in the Americas, Mesopotamia, and China. The authors pay special attention to periods of disruption and external threats, as well as the role of elites, emotions, charisma, and religion or spirituality in shaping protest movements. Providing sweeping coverage, Global Struggles and Social Change is perfect for students and anyone interested in globalization, international and comparative politics, political sociology, and communication studies.
Автор: Barbara Ann Chotiner, Linda J. Cook Название: The post-communist world in the twenty-first century : ISBN: 1793636095 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781793636096 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 20486.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Paul Dunstan is brought back to Fellstones to participate in the village festival. When he grew up he moved away to hide from his adoptive parents and from the influence of the seven ancient stones on the green. As he begins to recall what he fled from, the festival will revive the purpose for which an occultist called down the stones from space...
Автор: Ahmad H. Ahmad, David T. Llewellyn, Victor Murinde Название: Inclusive financial development ISBN: 1800376375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781800376373 Издательство: Edward Elgar Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 26611.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Inclusive Financial Development provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the nature of financial inclusion. The contributing authors explore the impediments to inclusion that exist around the world, the macro and stability implications, and the regulation dimension.
Описание: "The Limits of Partnership offers a riveting narrative on U.S.-Russian relations since the Soviet collapse and on the challenges ahead. It reflects the unique perspective of an insider who is also recognized as a leading expert on this troubled relationship. American presidents have repeatedly attempted to forge a strong and productive partnership only to be held hostage to the deep mistrust born of the Cold War. For the United States, Russia remains a priority because of its nuclear weapons arsenal, its strategic location bordering Europe and Asia, and its ability to support--or thwart--American interests. Why has it been so difficult to move the relationship forward? What are the prospects for doing so in the future? Is the effort doomed to fail again and again?Angela Stent served as an adviser on Russia under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and maintains close ties with key policymakers in both countries. Here, she argues that the same contentious issues--terrorism, missile defense, Iran, nuclear proliferation, Afghanistan, the former Soviet space, the greater Middle East--have been in every president`s inbox, Democrat and Republican alike, since the collapse of the USSR. Stent vividly describes how Clinton and Bush sought inroads with Russia and staked much on their personal ties to Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin--only to leave office with relations at a low point--and how Barack Obama managed to restore ties only to see them undermined by a Putin regime resentful of American dominance and determined to restore Russia`s great power status.The Limits of Partnership calls for a fundamental reassessment of the principles and practices that drive U.S.-Russian relations, and offers a path forward to meet the urgent challenges facing both countries"--
Описание: Presents data and statistical indicators on external trade in goods of Arab Countries. Data are presented in time series until 2014 and were drawn primarily from national sources, as well as from secondary sources where appropriate. It provides total and detailed data on intraregional and international trade of Arab countries.
Автор: Baeli, Marion Название: Residential Retrofit ISBN: 1859465013 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781859465011 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5665.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Olsen, Edward A. Название: US National Defense for the Twenty-first Century ISBN: 0714650986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780714650982 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 18374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Kirchner, Emil J. Название: Global Security Governance ISBN: 0415391628 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415391627 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Andrew F. Cooper, Ramesh Thakur Название: The Group of Twenty (G20) ISBN: 0415780888 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415780889 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This work offers a concise examination of the purpose, function and practice of the Group of Twenty (G20) summit. Providing a comprehensive historical account of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors process, the text then moves on to outline the conditions, events and debates that led to the formation of the permanent, expanded leaders' level forum. The historical span of the G20 Summit process is not long, but the global transformations that precipitated it are crucial when seeking to understand it.
Cooper & Thakur explore a variety of major debates, including:
Governance by self-selected groups versus mandated multilateral organizations
the legitimacy of informal leadership
the issue of the G20's composition of both 'solution' countries and 'problem' countries
the role of the emerging powers
new conceptions of North-South relationships
This work offers a detailed examination of the ongoing shifts in economic power and the momentum toward global institutional reform, illustrating how the G20 has moved from a crisis committee to the premier global forum over this short but intense history, and mapping out its comparative advantages and key challenges ahead.
Автор: Kathuria Rajat, Kukreja Prateek Название: 20 Years of G20: From Global Cooperation to Building Consensus ISBN: 9811381089 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811381089 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19564.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Chapter 1.Introduction Chapter 2.Emerging markets perspectives on G-20 led financial reformsChapter 3.Global Finance Ten Years after the Global Financial CrisisChapter 4.Where is the US trade policy headed under the Trump Administration?Chapter 5.Trade, Investment, and the Multilateral Trading SystemChapter 6.Technological Change and the Future of Work - Some Issues from a Developing Country PerspectiveChapter 7.The Changing World of Work in Developing and Emerging EconomiesChapter 8.Rethinking technology for a 1.5 deg C worldChapter 9.Climate ambition needs targeted technology collaborationChapter 10.Infrastructure Financing in India - Trends, Challenges and Way ForwardChapter 11.The Problem of Financing Private Infrastructure in India Today.
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