publicaffairs apr 2009 (4 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Drawing on quotations from a variety of sources, these funny, fascinating, inspiring, and occasionally controversial words span the First Lady's career--from corporate lawyer in Chicago up through the historic election of her husband as president.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For two centuries Asians have been bystanders in world history, reacting defencelessly to the surges of Western commerce, thought, and power. That era is over. Asia is returning to the centre stage it occupied for eighteen centuries before the rise of the West. By 2050, three of the world's largest economies will be Asian: China, India, and Japan. In The New Asian Hemisphere , Kishore Mahbubani argues that Western minds need to step outside their comfort zone' and prepare new mental maps to understand the rise of Asia. The West, he says, must gracefully share power with Asia by giving up its automatic domination of global institutions from the IMF to the World Bank, from the G7 to the UN Security Council. Only then will the new Asian powers reciprocate by becoming responsible stakeholders in a stable world order.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The idea of an exceptional America remains controversial. In this dazzlingly comprehensive collection of essays, some of the nation's best scholars and thinkers take on the weighty task of sizing up Goliath in a way Americans and others can comprehend. These twenty studies in American exceptionalism provide a solidly researched and in-depth analysis on the current state of our institutions, our values, and our challenges for the future.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The 'Financial Times'' world news editor tells the epic story of post-apartheid South Africa--a country once so full of promise, now teetering on the brink of chaos.