{"product_id":"the-world-9780745643441","title":"The World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by an author of international stature, very well-known in the worlds of sociology and politics and in left-of-centre politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Göran Therborn's \u003ci\u003eThe World: A Beginner's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, a survey of the present state, problems and outlook of the globe by a Swedish master sociologist, is one of the rare books that lives up to its title. It is lucid, intelligent about the future and admirably researched.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, books of the year 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Therborn's work represents what great comparative\/historical sociology is all about. Essential.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Therborn] compresses a vast and fascinating range of historical and current world data into a detailed but intelligible account of the changes in planetary human society.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At a time when historians and economists tend to retire behind the barricades of their increasingly specialized professions, answering the big comparative questions about the pathways into and out of modernity, the global processes of inequality and the forces of possible change have been largely left to the sociologists. In my view, Göran Therborn, probably Sweden's most distinguished social scientist, has made more essential contributions in these fields than anyone else, by a combination of analytical lucidity, common sense and an extraordinary command of international comparative data. For those who have read any of his earlier works, the appearance of a new book is inevitably a major intellectual event.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEric Hobsbawm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Göran Therborn has written another of his incredible empirical surveys, this time of the whole world today, in its historical context. He calls it a beginner's guide. Every reader will emerge better equipped to understand the realities of our world, and hopefully to act intelligently in the light of these realities.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eImmanuel Wallerstein, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"We are in an unprecedented world, spanned by a joined-up economy and a global moral community. Professor Therborn - a practical, craftsmanlike sociologist, who works on a human scale - is an ideal guide to our unfamiliar present and future, who, without condescension, makes sense of complexity and turns bafflement into clarity.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFelipe Fernandez-Armesto, University of Notre Dame\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Humankind and Its World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Why We Are Who We Are: A Socio-Cultural Geology of Today´s World.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rock of Civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sinic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Indic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe West Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe European.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe sub-Saharan African.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Family-Sex-Gender Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSediments of Six Waves of Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernity and Its Pathways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Humanity of Multi-Layered Cultural Agglomerations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. World Dynamics: The Drivers of Humankind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModes of Livelihood: The Down and Up of Capitalism, and the Rest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation Ecology and the Ending of Modern Ecological Emancipation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ethnic and Religious Dynamic of Recognition and Respect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics of Collective Power: State Apotheosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture: Modernism Globalized, Accelerated, and Chastened.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChannels of Operation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Flows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.Global-national entanglements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Global Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Global Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational Processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerformance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation movements (demography).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistributions: Global, National, Sub-National.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Growth and Resilience of Nation- States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. The Current World Stage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScenography: the World Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe big players.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Uneven Field of Nation-States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Missions and Movements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Our Time on Earth: Courses of Life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBirth and Survival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChildhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchooling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLabour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYouth: Sex and Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Sexual Geography of the Young World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarriage and the end of youth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere to Live: The Urbanization of the World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking A Living: Classes of Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClass Formations of 21st Century Capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking A Living: The Rich and the Poor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdult Enjoyment : Leisure and Consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ruling \u0026amp; the Non-Ruling Generation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetirement and Pension.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving Arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Ideal 21st Century Life-Course.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath and After.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion : How We Got Here, and Where Are We Going?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Did We Get Here?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere Are We Going?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526996861271,"sku":"9780745643441","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745643441.jpg?v=1731866167","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-9780745643441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}