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In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal book yet.

Civilisation --- Social change --- Political sociology --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Social history --- Crisis management --- 92 |x Geschiedenis. |y Histoire. |z History --- SOCIAL HISTORY --- SOCIAL CHANGE --- CRISIS MANAGEMENT --- Social history - Case studies --- Social change - Case studies --- Crisis management - Case studies

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Provides the contributors' views on the socio-political challenges confronting the nine Central Eurasian states. This book presents scientific discussions on the historical development of Central Eurasia and its sociocultural legacies; Soviet and contemporary state organisation, social transformation and communal structures; and more.

Asia, Central - Social conditions - 1991-. --- Social Conditions --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Eurasia --- Asia, Central --- Eurasie --- Asie centrale --- Politics and government --- Congresses --- Congresses. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Congrès --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions

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In this book the author takes us on a journey around the world for a preview of the next major technological and cultural shift. The coming wave is the result of super-efficient mobile communications : cellular phones, PDAs and hand-held computers, devices that put the power of instant and ubiquitous communication - literally - within everyone's grasp. From Lovegeties in Japan that light up when a potential mate appears in the vicinity, to the overthrow of repressive regimes in the Philippines and Senegal by cell-phone wielding activits, to terrorits coordinating via encoded text messages, these smart mobs represent a fundamentally new form of connectivity. Applying insights form sociology, articificial intelligence, economics and anthropology, he offers a penetrating perspective on the unprecedented convergence of pop culture, cutting-edge technology and social activism, reminding us that the real impact of mobile communications will come not from the technology itself but from how people use it.

Cell phones --- Communication and culture. --- Internet --- Technology and civilization. --- Technology --- Social aspects. --- Social change --- Communication and culture --- Technology and civilization --- 316.42 --- 654.1 --- 651 Maatschappij. Algemeen --- #A0401A --- 316.42 Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- Social change. Sociale ontwikkeling. Sociale veranderingen. Modernisering. Evolutie .Sociale revolutie. Modernisme --- 654.1 Telegraphy. Telephony. Radio. Television --- Telegraphy. Telephony. Radio. Television --- Civilization and machinery --- Civilization and technology --- Machinery and civilization --- Civilization --- Social history --- Culture and communication --- Culture --- Social aspects --- Philosophy --- Sociologie --- Economie --- Informatiemaatschappij --- Cultuur --- Maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen --- Cultuursociologie --- Economische sociologie --- #SBIB:309H103 --- #SBIB:309H1713 --- technologie --- mobiele telefonie --- draadloze netwerken --- ICT --- 487 --- Mediatechnologie / ICT / digitale media: sociale en culturele aspecten --- Mediatechnologie: nieuwe toepassingen (abonnee-televisie, electronic mail, desk top publishing, virtuele realiteit...) --- didactiek secundair onderwijs - technisch-technologische vakken, elektriciteit, metaalbewerking, hout, bouw, mechanica --- Maatschappelijke ontwikkeling --- Toerisme --- Erfelijkheidsleer --- Stadssamenleving --- Verpleegkunde

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In the new Russia, even dictatorship is a reality show. Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell's Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and oligarch revolutionaries: welcome to the glittering, surreal heart of twenty-first-century Russia. It is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, home to a form of dictatorship--far subtler than twentieth-century strains--that is rapidly rising to challenge the West. When British producer Peter Pomerantsev plunges into the booming Russian TV industry, he gains access to every nook and corrupt cranny of the country. He is brought to smoky rooms for meetings with propaganda gurus running the nerve-center of the Russian media machine, and visits Siberian mafia-towns and the salons of the international super-rich in London and the US. As the Putin regime becomes more aggressive, Pomerantsev finds himself drawn further into the system. Dazzling yet piercingly insightful, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible is an unforgettable voyage into a country spinning from decadence into madness.Bron : http://www.bol.com

Interviews --- Social change --- Social problems --- Power (Social sciences) --- Corruption --- Authoritarianism --- HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. --- Social aspects --- Russia (Federation) --- Social conditions --- History --- Economic conditions --- #SBIB:328H262 --- #SBIB:316.7C140 --- Political science --- Authority --- Corrupt practices --- Ethics --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Reform, Social --- Social reform --- Social welfare --- Social history --- Applied sociology --- Instellingen en beleid: Rusland en het GOS --- Cultuursociologie: cultuur en globale samenlevingen --- Russian Federation --- Rossiyskaya Federatsiya --- Rossiya (Federation) --- Rossii︠a︡ (Federation) --- Российская Федерация --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Російська Федерація --- Rosiĭsʹka Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Federazione della Russia --- Russische Föderation --- RF --- Federation of Russia --- Urysye Federat︠s︡ie --- Правительство России --- Pravitelʹstvo Rossii --- Правительство Российской Федерации --- Pravitelʹstvo Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii --- Правительство РФ --- Pravitelʹstvo RF --- Rosja (Federation) --- O-lo-ssu (Federation) --- Roshia Renpō --- Federazione russa --- OKhU --- Orosyn Kholboony Uls --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Rusland --- Oligarchie --- Politiek --- Maatschappij --- Corruptie --- Actualiteit --- Film --- Eluosi (Federation) --- 俄罗斯 (Federation) --- RF (Russian Federation) --- Россия (Federation)