Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Nisc (Pty) Ltd, Makhanda, South Africa, 2021
ISBN 10: 1920033726 ISBN 13: 9781920033729
Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good condition. NOT a library discard (illustratore). First Edition (so stated). Makhanda, South Africa: Nisc (Pty) Ltd, 2021. SCARCE in the USA. Very Good condition. Light shelfwear. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Footnotes/bibliographical references. Bound in the original white pictorial wraps. Full title: "Wrecking Ball: Why Permanent Technological Unemployment, A Predictable Pandemic and Other Wicked Problems Will End South Africa's Experiment in Inclusive Democracy." From the rear cover: "WRECKING BALL explores, in an unprecedented manner, a decalogue of wicked problems that confronts humanity: Nuclear proliferation, climate change, pandemics, permanent technological unemployment, Orwellian public and private surveillance, social media that distorts reality, cyberwarfare, the fragmentation of democracies, the inability of nations to cabin private power, the failure of multinational institutions to promote collaboration and the deepening of autocratic rule in countries that have never known anything but extractive institutions. Collectively, or even severally, these wicked problems constitute crises that could end civilization. Does this list frighten you, or do you blithely assume that tomorrow will be just like yesterday? WRECKING BALL shows that without an inclusive system of global governance, the collective action required to solve those wicked problems falls beyond the remit of the world's 20 inclusive democracies, 50 flawed democracies and 130 extractive, elitist autocracies. Flawed democracies and autocracies that already struggle to produce goods necessary for their own citizens to flourish, are simply incapable of committing to international arrangements that address the existential threats posed by the decalogue of wicked problems. This then is our children's inheritance: Dystopias far, far worse than the polities that we ourselves have known. What, if anything, can mitigate the harms that are our legacy? WRECKING BALL offers, as an answer, a ground-breaking analysis of South Africa's political economy. It demonstrates that this country's elitist and extractive political and economic institutions not only make resolution of ongoing domestic crises unattainable, likewise, they make meaningful responses to wicked problems impossible. Smart people think they have all the answers. Without laboring under any such illusions, Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently opined: 'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.' But what will happen, King would acidly ask, if we continue to dawdle, and simply run out of time? WRECKING BALL similarly operates under no such 'smart' pretenses, and undeterred and unmatched ventures into terrains traversed by truly great political economists: Smith, Ricardo, Marx and Keynes. By knitting together what we all know to be the facts, with cutting edge theory in economics, sociology, history and political science, the book paints an unflinching portrait of where we are, and where we are headed. Are we ready to be honest with ourselves about the likely future of this overheated, overpopulated planet?". First Edition (so stated). Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xviii, 402pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of South Africa Press / United Nations University Press, Pretoria, South Africa, 2008
ISBN 10: 1868885275 ISBN 13: 9781868885275
Da: Encore Books, Montreal, QC, Canada
Prima edizione
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st. As new condition. Pages clean, binding tight.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: United Nations University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 9280811681 ISBN 13: 9789280811681
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: United Nations University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 9280811681 ISBN 13: 9789280811681
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Condizione: New. pp. xv + 359, Maps.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: United Nations University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 9280811681 ISBN 13: 9789280811681
Da: Basi6 International, Irving, TX, U.S.A.
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: United Nations University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 9280811681 ISBN 13: 9789280811681
Da: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germania
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: United Nations University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 9280811681 ISBN 13: 9789280811681
Da: ALLBOOKS1, Direk, SA, Australia
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2008
ISBN 10: 0981412416 ISBN 13: 9780981412412
Da: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Sudafrica
EUR 24,55
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoftcover. Condizione: Very Good. CD-Rom missing. 347 Pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound.[Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2008
ISBN 10: 0981412416 ISBN 13: 9780981412412
Da: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Sudafrica
Prima edizione Copia autografata
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoftcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 347 pages (complete). Inscribed and signed by Stu Woolman (as "Stu") on the frontispage. CD Rom containing Extracts and Chapters from the book is attached to the inside back covers. A decent copy of this collection of colloquies inspired by South Africa's Constitution. The covers are worn about the spine, indeed the glue is weakened along the back cover. The covers are otherwise assured and sure. The contents are smart, sober, sure, orderly, clean and clear and certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.
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Da: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
EUR 78,05
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