This volume addresses the fraught relationship between market and society in times of social and economic crisis, exploring how they interact in key social, cultural, and political arenas on a global scale. The contributors examine the neoliberal market in anthropological and ethnographic terms...

"The welfare state has today become a political cudgel used to assign blame for ballooning national debt and tout the need for personal responsibility. Despite objections, social insurance-from workers' compensation laws to pension, disability, and unemployment benefits, to healthcare and...

<EM>FOREWORD; </EM><STRONG>A. INTRODUCTION; </STRONG>Chapter 1 New Horizons; <STRONG>B. GLOBAL GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT and APPLICATIONS; </STRONG>Chapter 2 Drones -- Delivering value to the Economy; Chapter 3 Drones -- Healthcare, Humanitarian Efforts and Recreational Use; Chapter 4 Drones and Law Enforcement; Chapter 5 Maritime Uses of...</strong></strong></em>

This article describes how in the middle of the winter of 2010 the “Spring of the Arab Nations” suddenly erupted without any warning all over the Middle East. However, the momentum of the uprisings was impeded rather quickly, and the hopes held out for the “Spring of the Arab Nations”...