Transforming the Revolution; Social Movements and the World - System

Transforming the Revolution; Social Movements and the World - System
Author: Samir Amin
Publisher: Aakar Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2006
Genre: Social movements
ISBN: 9788187879947

In This Volume The Authors Engage In A Provocative Discussion Of The History And Contemporary Dilemmas Facing The Movements That Are Variously Described As Antisystemic, Social Or Popular. The Authors Believe That These Movements, Which Have For The Past 150 Years Protested And Organized Against The Multiple Injustices Of The Existing System, Are The Key Locus Of Social Transformation.Immanuel Wallerstein Begins By Presenting A Historical Overview Of The Range And Interrelations What He Calls Antisystemic Movements, Tracing Their Development Out Of The French Revolution. Giovanni Arrighi Focuses On Those Movements That Have Been Based In The Working Class, While Samir Amin Concentrates On The Movements, Particularly In The Periphery, That Have Placed National Liberation At Or Near The Top Of Their Agenda. Finally, Andre Gunder Frank And Marta Fuentes Look At The New Social Movements (Particularly The Women'S, Peace, And Ecology Movements), Which They Argue Are Not New.While The Authors Points Of Agreement Are Many, So Are Their Points Of Divergence. In The Final Chapter, They Outline Both, And Discuss The Ways In Which These Movements Are Transforming The Revolutionary Process Itself.

Repair Revolution

Repair Revolution
Author: John Wackman
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1608686604

Every year, millions of people throw away countless items because they don't know how to fix them. Some products are manufactured in a way that makes it hard, if not impossible, for people to repair them themselves. This throwaway lifestyle depletes Earth's resources and adds to overflowing landfills. Now there's a better way. Repair Revolution chronicles the rise of Repair Cafes, Fixit Clinics, and other volunteer-run organizations devoted to helping consumers repair their beloved but broken items for free. Repair Revolution explores the philosophy and wisdom of repairing, as well as the Right to Repair movement. It provides inspiration and instructions for starting, staffing, and sustaining your own repair events. "Fixperts" share their favorite online repair resources, as well as tips and step-by-step instructions for how to make your own repairs. Ultimately, Repair Revolution is about more than fixing material objects: in an age of over-consumption and planned obsolescence, do-it-yourself repair is a way of caring for our lives, our communities, and our planet.

Transforming the Revolution

Transforming the Revolution
Author: Samir Amin
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 187
Release: 1990
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0853458081

In this successor volume to the widely read Dynamics of Global Crisis, the authors engage in a provocative discussion of the history and contemporary dilemmas facing the movements that are variously described as antisystemic, social, or popular. The authors believe that these movements, which have for the past 150 years protested and organized against the multiple injustices of the existing system, are the key locus of social transformation.

After the Revolution

After the Revolution
Author: Eleanor Heartney
Publisher: Prestel Verlag
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2013-11-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 3641108217

"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" asked the prominent art historian Linda Nochlin in a provocative 1971 essay. Today her insightful critique serves as a benchmark against which the progress of women artists may be measured. In this book, four prominent critics and curators describe the impact of women artists on contemporary art since the advent of the feminist movement.

The Digital Revolution

The Digital Revolution
Author: Inder Sidhu
Publisher: FT Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2015-11-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0134291379

The massive transformations driven by digital technology have begun. The Digital Revolution gives you a complete roadmap for navigating the breathtaking changes happening now and shows you how to succeed. Silicon Valley executive, thought leader, and New York Times best-selling author Inder Sidhu shows how cloud computing, social media, mobility, sensors, apps, big data analytics, and more can be brought together in virtually infinite combinations to create opportunities and pose risks previously unimaginable. You’ll learn how digital pioneers are applying connected digital technologies, also known as the Internet of Everything, to dramatically improve financial performance, customer experience, and workforce engagement in fields ranging from healthcare to education, from retail to government. Sidhu combines the practical perspective of practitioners with the extensive experience of experts to show you how to win in the new digital age. He takes you behind the scenes, engaging with business leaders from Apple, Google, Facebook, Cisco, Intel, Amazon, Walmart, Starbucks, RSA, Kaiser, Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare, and so on and with academic leaders from Stanford, Yale, Wharton, MIT, Coursera, Khan Academy, and more and reveals their winning strategies and execution tactics for your benefit. Sidhu also discusses the key challenges of privacy, security, regulation, and governance in depth and offers powerful insights on managing crucial ethical, social, cultural, legal, and economic issues that digitization creates. He shows what the digital revolution will mean for you, both personally and professionally--and how you can win. Learn how you can leverage the digital revolution to Deliver superior customer experiences Improve your organization’s financial performance Drive employee productivity, creativity, and engagement Build smart, efficient cities brimming with opportunity Make education more effective and relevant Achieve better health outcomes Make retail compelling, convenient, and profitable Balance privacy with security Protect yourself before, during, and after a cyberattack Accelerate your career and live a better life

The Metropolitan Revolution

The Metropolitan Revolution
Author: Bruce Katz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2013-06-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0815721528

Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won't, or can't, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders – mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists – are stepping up and powering the nation forward. These state and local leaders are doing the hard work to grow more jobs and make their communities more prosperous, and they're investing in infrastructure, making manufacturing a priority, and equipping workers with the skills they need. In The Metropolitan Revolution, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley highlight success stories and the people behind them. · New York City: Efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy · Portland: Is selling the "sustainability" solutions it has perfected to other cities around the world · Northeast Ohio: Groups are using industrial-age skills to invent new twenty-first-century materials, tools, and processes · Houston: Modern settlement house helps immigrants climb the employment ladder · Miami: Innovators are forging strong ties with Brazil and other nations · Denver and Los Angeles: Leaders are breaking political barriers and building world-class metropolises · Boston and Detroit: Innovation districts are hatching ideas to power these economies for the next century The lessons in this book can help other cities meet their challenges. Change is happening, and every community in the country can benefit. Change happens where we live, and if leaders won't do it, citizens should demand it. The Metropolitan Revolution was the 2013 Foreword Reviews Bronze winner for Political Science.

The Transforming Hand of Revolution

The Transforming Hand of Revolution
Author: Ronald Hoffman
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 517
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813915616

The observations made by J. Franklin Jameson in his pathbreaking study initiated a challenging and enormously productive scholarly debate regarding the nature of the Revolutionary era in American history. For more than six decades questions involving the social implications of the struggle for independence have continued to intrigue historians, and their explorations of the Revolutionary experience from the perspective Jameson suggested have produced a rich and varied literature. The essays featured in this volume demonstrate the ongoing vitality and importance of contemporary scholarship on the social character of the American Revolution.

Governing for Revolution

Governing for Revolution
Author: Megan Stewart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2021-03-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108843646

For some rebel groups, governance is not always part of a military strategy but a necessary element of realizing revolution through civil war.

The Revolution

The Revolution
Author: Darren Ellwein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-03-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781949595260

No revolution is easy, but with our learners' futures at risk, the stakes in education have never been higher. In The Revolution, Darren Ellwein and Derek McCoy lead the charge for change by identifying ways that passionate, forward-thinking educators can inspire globally connected cultures of innovation and creativity.

Revolutionary Power

Revolutionary Power
Author: Shalanda Baker
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1642830674

In September 2017, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, completely upending the energy grid of the small island. The nearly year-long power outage that followed vividly shows how the new climate reality intersects with race and access to energy. The island is home to brown and black US citizens who lack the political power of those living in the continental US. As the world continues to warm and storms like Maria become more commonplace, it is critical that we rethink our current energy system to enable reliable, locally produced, and locally controlled energy without replicating the current structures of power and control. In Revolutionary Power, Shalanda Baker arms those made most vulnerable by our current energy system with the tools they need to remake the system in the service of their humanity. She argues that people of color, poor people, and indigenous people must engage in the creation of the new energy system in order to upend the unequal power dynamics of the current system. Revolutionary Power is a playbook for the energy transformation complete with a step-by-step analysis of the key energy policy areas that are ripe for intervention. Baker tells the stories of those who have been left behind in our current system and those who are working to be architects of a more just system. She draws from her experience as an energy-justice advocate, a lawyer, and a queer woman of color to inspire activists working to build our new energy system. Climate change will force us to rethink the way we generate and distribute energy and regulate the system. But how much are we willing to change the system? This unique moment in history provides an unprecedented opening for a deeper transformation of the energy system, and thus, an opportunity to transform society. Revolutionary Power shows us how.