This fascinating and ambitious book proposes a new strategy ("the Ramo Plan") to tackle the current global socioeconomic crisis. Issuing a direct challenge to the status quo, the author lays out a bold set of policies to overcome the West-East divide and lead us to a more successful and secure...

1. Introduction -- 2. One Human Race; a Shared Destiny -- 3. Historical Background -- 4. Societal Processes of Change -- 5. Culture and Civilization -- 6. Materialism in Historical Perspective -- 7. Dynamics of Power, Wealth and Knowledge -- 8. Decline of Democracy and Capitalism -- 9. A Folk...

This fascinating and ambitious book proposes a new strategy ("the Ramo Plan") to tackle the current global socioeconomic crisis. Issuing a direct challenge to the status quo, the author lays out a bold set of policies to overcome the West-East divide and lead us to a more successful and secure...

This book argues that development is a comprehensive societal process with two key elements: economic restructuring and sociocultural transformation. While either of these elements alone can initiate change, a strong development plan needs to address both in order to succeed