Review (Guest): Seeing Like a State–How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

Professor James C. Scott (Author) 5.0 out of 5 stars Structural Dysfunctionalism November 18, 2001 ByMichael Biggs (Oxford, United Kingdom) – See all my reviews James Scott is known for portraying the moral world of peasants, showing how they have resisted the encroachment of capitalism and the state. Now he investigates the other side: the …

Review: How to Run the World–Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance

Parag Khanna Extraordinary Personal Effort, Constrained by Publisher February 21, 2011 I received a copy of this book at my request from the author himself (I am unemployed, and globally available). I gave the author’s first book, The Second World: How Emerging Powers Are Redefining Global Competition in the Twenty-first Century, a five star leaning …

NIGHTWATCH Extracts & Corrective Observations

North Korea/China: Why public intelligence matters more than Chinese blocking of UN information. Bahrein: Corrects erroneous view that Egyptian Army was “insubordinate and policized” in contrast to the disciplined and brutally repressive Bahrein forces. Egypt: Excellent overview on Workers, Brotherhood, the naive young–and corrective comment on why US Government is failing to get it right …