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  • Happiness is the Wrong Metric

    A Liberal Communitarian Response to Populism

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This timely book addresses the conflict between globalism and nationalism. It provides a liberal communitarian response to the rise of populism occurring in many democracies. The book highlights the role of communities next to that of the state and the market. It spells out the policy implications of liberal communitarianism for privacy, freedom ... Read more

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  • Moral Dimension

    Toward a New Economics

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    Blending elements of psychology, philosophy, and sociology with economics, Etzioni presents a bold new vision of the social sciences - one which proposes that broader moral, social and political concerns modify economic behaviour and shape individual decision-making. In establishing the necessitary of moral and social considerations in economic behaviour, he provides a provocative new framework ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Security First

    For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    Rarely have more profound changes in American foreign policy been called for than today,” begins Amitai Etzioni in the preface to this book. Yet Etzioni’s concern is not to lay blame for past mistakes but to address the future: What can now be done to improve U.S. relations with the rest of the world?What should American policies be toward recently liberated countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Law and Society in a Populist Age

    Balancing Individual Rights and the Common Good

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    The law-based, political institutions in many democratic societies are being challenged by fast-growing populist movements, parties, and leaders. In other nations, the state is failing. These seismic changes call for greater attention to be paid to the role society plays in forming and challenging laws—and how the law copes with these challenges.Amitai Etzioni, one of the most respected thinkers ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The New Normal

    Finding a Balance Between Individual Rights and the Common Good

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    Amitai Etzioni argues that societies must find a way to balance individual rights and the common good. This point of balance may change as new technologies develop, the natural and international environments change, and new social forces arise. Some believe the United States may be unduly short-changing individual rights that need to be better protected. Specifically, should the press be granted ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • New Common Ground

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    Race, age, political affiliation, country of origin, native languageùtoo often Americans define themselves, and are defined, by the differences that separate them. But if the 2008 presidential campaign has taught us anything, it is that we as a people want to look beyond these divisions to the values and interests that unite us. New Common Ground embodies this zeitgeist, showing the ways that ... Read more

    $42.22 CAD

  • The Common Good

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to “the common good.” Rejecting claims made by some liberal thinkers that it is not possible to balance individual rights with uncoerced civic responsibility, Etzioni explores a number of key issues which pose important questions ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?

    Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    In this short book, Etzioni, the well-known and respected public intellectual and communitarian thinker, charts a middle course, or third way 'between those who are committed to shore up our liberties but blind to the needs of public security, as well as those who never met a right they are not willing to curtail to give authorities an even freer hand.' This book will prove a useful guide for ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • My Brother's Keeper

    A Memoir and a Message

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    In My Brother's Keeper: A Memoir and a Message, one of America's most admired public figures tells the story of his life. Born in Germany in 1929, Amitai Etzioni escaped the Nazi regime and as a teenager dropped out of high school to fight as a commando in the Israeli War of Independence. He went on to earn his doctorate at Berkeley, teach at Columbia University and Harvard Business School, and ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • From Empire to Community

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    Whether one favors the U.S. global projection of force or is horrified by it, the question stands - where do we go from here? What ought to be the new global architecture? Amitai Etzioni follows a third way, drawing on both neoconservative and liberal ideas, in this bold new look at international relations. He argues that a "clash of civilizations" can be avoided and that the new world order need ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Avoiding War with China

    Two Nations, One World

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    Are the United States and China on a collision course? In response to remarks made by Donald Trump’s secretary of state, China’s state-run newspaper Global Times asserted, "Unless Washington plans to wage a large-scale war in the South China Sea, any other approaches to prevent Chinese access to the [disputed] islands will be foolish." Some experts contend that conflict is inevitable when an ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Hot Spots

    American Foreign Policy in a Post-Human-Rights World

    by Amitai Etzioni ...
    There are important reasons for the distinct yet significant course adjustments in American and Western foreign policy, which is currently focused on the Middle Eastern and Chinese "hot spots." In early 2012, the United States "pivoted" to make the Far East its military and strategic first priority, thereby downgrading the Middle East. This change in priorities has been accompanied by a curtailed ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD