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Beyond Bioethics: A Proposal for Modernizing the Regulation of Human Biotechnologies
Franco Furger, 2007

Global Corruption Report 2005: Special Focus: Corruption in Construction and Post-conflict Reconstruction ...
Francis Fukuyama

Pluto Press, 2005

With a focus on corruption in construction and post-war reconstruction, the 2005 edition of Transparency International's Global Corruption Report (GCR) identifies some of today's most pressing issues in the fight against corruption around the world. The construction sector is regularly rated the most corrupt sector worldwide. The GCR 2005 explores the mechanisms and impact of corruption in construction, particularly in major infrastructure ...

Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics (American Interest Books)

1 review

Brookings Insti Press, 2008

Playing with wild cards
"Prediction is very hard," Yogi Berra supposedly remarked, "especially about the future." It's hard to argue with that, but even skeptics must admit that such events as the collapse of the Soviet Union, the East Asian economic crisis of the late 1990s or the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 came as a shock even to most experts. Yet, for all its difficulty, forecasting matters. No one, ...

East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability (Forum on Constructive Capitalism)

1 review

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

A 'must' for any college-level collection strong in Asian politics
Basic changes are occurring in Asia even as world attention remains focused on events in the Middle East: that's why college-level collections strong in Asian history and politics needs East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability. It provides an anthology of essays by prominent international foreign affairs scholars who consider changing alignments in the region, from internal ...

Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States

2 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Thoughtful Essays about Factors Affecting Economic Performance in Latin America
Falling Behind contains nine excellent essays exploring different aspects of why Latin America and the United States have different income levels. The key points in those nine essays are nicely summarized in Francis Fukuyama's conclusion, the tenth essay. The authors were well chosen to reflect both Latin American and U.S. perspectives. I found that some of the arguments were more persuasive ...

State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century

17 reviews
Francis Fukuyama

Cornell University Press, 2004

Cogent analysis of the difficulties of state-building
Weak or failed states like Somalia and Afghanistan are quietly causing some of the world's most pressing problems and will continue to do so, according to political analyst Francis Fukuyama. In this elegant, sobering critique based on his 2003 Messenger Lectures at Cornell University, Fukuyama uses a simple, two-dimensional model of "stateness" to analyze why states fail. He focuses on what ...

Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution

35 reviews
Francis Fukuyama

Picador, 2003

Letting the Genes Out of the Bottle
Fukuyama says that 1984 presaged the information society, but it has not lead to tyranny of surveillance and propaganda, but rather a decentralized political process in which the individual is empowered to hold the government more accountable. Brave New World presaged the biotech revolution and this concerns him more because it can change the very essence of human nature. The brave new world ...

TRUST

21 reviews
FRANCIS FUKUYAMA

HAMISH HAMILTON LTD, 1995

I thought this was dazzlingly brilliant...
Fukuyama outlines how the "intermediate social organizations" of society, under the Protestant ethic, permitted the development of modern capitalist structures; whereas in low-trust societies (where you cannot depend on the corresponding person to trust you, or you to trust him), only family oriented businesses could grow, and inevitably collapsed after the second or third generation. He links ...

America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy

31 reviews

Yale University Press, 2007

America at the Crossroads
I'm "pigging out" on Fukuyama's books (bought three of 'em) and they are exactly what I expected. They're all well worth reading.

The End of History and the Last Man

76 reviews
Francis Fukuyama

Penguin Books Ltd, 1992

The Premier Political Science Book of the Last Half Century
Fukuyama presents a horrific picture of the end of history where people are fed and housed and watch fifth rate entertainments but I think the situation is much more terrible under the ageis of the Hegelian Absolute than the picture painted by Fukuyama. Science I think is out of the question under a Hegelian system as all that matters is recognition. Hegelianism has always been at odds with ...

The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
Francis Fukuyama

Profile Books Ltd, 2000

First Francis Fukuyama asked are we at the 'End of History' now that communism has gone? Then, in 'Trust', he looked at the glue that holds societies together. And now in The Great Disruption: why - as we have moved from an industrial economy to an information society have divorce, crime, drug addiction and social chaos increased so much, and why do things seem to be taking a turn for the better now?

Cleft Countries: Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova (Soviet and ...
Ivan Katchanovski

ibidem-Verlag, 2007

This is the first book to offer a systematic and comparative analysis of the regional political divisions in post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova. The study examines voting behavior and political attitudes in two groups of regions: those which were under Russian, Ottoman, and Soviet rule; and those which were under Austro-Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, and Czechoslovak rule until World War I or World War II. This book attributes the regional political ...

State Building
Francis Fukuyama

Profile Books Ltd, 2005

The problem of weak states and the need for state-building has existed for many years, but it has been urgent since September 11 and Afghanistan and Iraq. The formation of proper public institutions, such as an honest police force, uncorrupted courts, functioning schools and medical services and a strong civil service, is fraught with difficulties. We know how to help with resources, people and technology across borders, but state building ...

The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order

19 reviews
Francis Fukuyama

Free Press, 2000

Good food for thought
The one thing with Francis Fukuyama is that he can't be faulted for not speaking his mind. From his essential "End of History" he has drawn further conclusions on the demise of Western society. On the one hand, it is an interesting read, while, on the other hand it is a bit weak in many ways. Fukuyama uses broad statistics and generalisations to make stunning conculsions about society in general, ...

Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq (Forum on Constructive Capitalism)

3 reviews

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

A sober testimony and very highly recommended
Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan And Iraq is an anthology of essays by highly esteemed academics, political analysts, and skilled practitioners regarding the American experience with nation-building, from historical roots to modern-day issues. Examining the present cases of building Afghanistan and Iraq into nations in the context of reconstruction efforts in other areas of the world, ...

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