This book describes and analyses the distinctive social habitats that arise from the interpretation of globalization and local cultures. Through in-depth case studies of South Asian, East African, Melanesian and European societies, the contributors provide a careful, contextual analysis of the formation and expression of local identities and of the affective self-constitution of social agents. …

E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance is based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some knowledge of the planning, use, control and benefits of information technology. Managers need to have an understanding of strategy development for IS/IT that covers e-business strategy, sourcing of service, and gov…

Corporate Social Responsibility is for all Finance and Management Professionals as well as Academics, Policy Makers, and Regulators.Corporate Social Responsibility is based on critical insight gained by analysig four large companies' experiences of corporate social responsibility. This study highlights the inadequacies of social and ethical reporting by business, both in terms of the ad hoc nat…

This is the first work to cover the entire history of social and cultural anthropology in a single volume. The authors provide a summary of the discipline in the nineteenth century, from the cultural theories of Herder, Morgna, and Tylor to the often neglected contributions of the German scholars of the period. The work of early-twentieth century anthropologists such as Boas and Malinowski in t…

This book, a critical analysis of the dynamically interdependent histories of capitalism and economic theory, contends that the many are right, and sets out to show why. To do so, it is necessary to examine the dynamic interaction of two processes - the historical realities of capitalism and the evolution of the economic theory that supports it. Both have been thoroughly studied over many years…

In the past three decades, businesses have made staggering investments in technology to increase their productivity and efficiency. The technological infrastructure of these companies has become increasingly sophisticated and complex. Most companies today are extremely dependent on their technological infrastructure. Operating without it is like trying to run a business without a telephone or e…

Much of One with Nineveh is an examination of possible solutions to the problems created by too many people for the planet to sustain, too much consumption by the well-off, and maldistribution of power. So, having defined the human predicament, we?ll crawl out on some shaky limbs. We?ll suggest measures, some of them radical, that might allow humanity in general, and the world?s sole remaining …

a few days after the terrorist devastation of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the wind was from the south. We could smell the burning in my apartment in northern Manhattan. Like most Americans, I felt an overwhelming urge to do something useful. This book is my response to that urge. Though it is based on my career as a professor, this is not a scholarly book in the purest sense. …

this book bets on the future. It tries as much as possible to respond to the needs of those who are rapidly becoming integrated in modern life, and to the aspiration of the rising generations to an Islamic thought that is capable of taking account of the four major revolutions witnessed by humanity since the end of the Middle Ages in Europe. The first revolution was Copernicus?s discovery that …

Social construction is one of very many ideas that are bitterly fought over in the American culture wars. Combatants may find my observations rather like the United Nations resolutions that have little effect. But a lot of other people are curious about the fray going on in the distance. They are glad to hear from a foreign correspondent, not about the wars, but about an idea that has been crop…