"This volume analyses contemporary capitalism and its crises based on a theory of capitalist evolution known as the social structure of accumulation (SSA) theory. It applies this theory to explain the severe financial and economic crisis that broke out in 2008 and the kind of changes required to...

The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...

Der Autor bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die sozialstrukturelle Entwicklung und die Perspektiven des sozialen Wandels im Deutschland vor und nach der Wiedervereinigung. Durch vergleichende Gegenüberstellung der Verhältnisse in DDR und Bundesrepublik bzw. neuen und alten...