This book describes the global spread of corporate power as a malignant cancer exercising a market tyranny that is gradually destroying lives, democratic institutions and the ecosystem for the benefit of greedy companies and investors.

"In 1964 Malcolm X was invited to debate at the Oxford Union Society at Oxford University. The topic of debate that evening was the infamous phrase from Barry Goldwater's 1964 Republican Convention speech:"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." At a time when Malcolm was traveling widely and advocating on behalf of blacks in America and other nations, his thirty minute speech at the Oxford...

Political and social forces exert pressure on our globalized economy in many forms, from formal and informal policies to financial theories and technical models. Our efforts to shape and direct these forces to preserve financial stability reveal much about the ways we perceive the financial economy. The Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability examines our political economy, particularly the ways in which these forces inhabit our institutions,...

The world faces social, political, and economic turmoil on an unprecedented scale-along with unsettling levels of turbulence and volatility. Market leadership today is less of a predictor of leadership tomorrow. Therefore, senior executives today must strive to own the future. In Own the Future, The Boston Consulting Group, one of the world's most prestigious and innovative management consulting firms, offers a roadmap. Drawing on the firm's experience...

The fourth edition of The AMA Handbook of Project Management provides readers with a clear overview of a complex discipline. An essential reference to the critical concepts and theories all project managers must master, the book addresses project initiation and planning; communications and interpersonal skills; scheduling, budgeting and meeting business objectives; managing political and resource issues; implementing a project management office; measuring...

This volume examines both the speeches and writings of Martin Luther King, Jr., highlighting a variety of interpretive approaches, including rhetorical analysis, close reading, and explorations setting Kings work in social, cultural, historical, and political contexts. Critical analyses offer an overview of important previous work on Kings writings and speeches while also making new contributions to the study of his written and spoken works. Race,...

The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy offers insights into the boundaries of this field of study, assesses why it is important, who is affected, and with what political, economic, social and cultural consequences. Provides the most up to date and comprehensive collection of essays from top scholars in the fieldIncludes contributions from western and eastern Europe, North and Central America, Africa and AsiaOffers new conceptual frameworks...

Winner of the prestigious PMI David I Cleland Project Management Literature Award in 2007.