Reviews for Race, class, and rebellion in the South Pacific

The average rating for Race, class, and rebellion in the South Pacific based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-18 00:00:00 Melissa Holloway Excelente recopilación de artículos del Autor sobre las transiciones postcomunistas en los países del Este de Europa. Lo he leído hace tiempo pero recuerdo con especial interés los análisis sobre el nuevo populismo democrático que en a principios de la década del 2000 comenzaba a emerger en varios países. Es muy descriptivo, como iniciado en los regímenes políticos postcomunistas, me pareció una excelente lectura y me introdujo en debates que todavía están presentes. La hipótesis sobre la pérdida de poder de los nacionalismos y los estados-nación puesta en entredicho, puesta a debate en estos capítulos, en una discusión abierta. Las preguntas sobre si este auge del nacionolismo no es más que un exabrupto final de un mundo que dejamos atrás, o bien, si estamos ante una recuperación de soberanía contra la globalización política y financiera. Mucho detalle interesante.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-22 00:00:00 Pascal Vaudry Drucker wrote this in 1993 and pointed out that the means of production had already shifted from capital to knowledge and that knowledge was owned by the worker, not the capitalist. He went on to desribe the impac of this transition on society and ultimately raised the question, still to be answered, of what is a well-educated person in this new world. While the forces pushing education for strictly vocational purposes will always be with us, Drucker recognizes there is a much larger question. Everyone needs to know they are making a contribution to the world around them, but that contribution is rarely satisfied merely by work, which changes dramatically over the course of a lifetime. Education must help the individual to know their own calling while also preparing them for the changes they will see in the world. Drucker was one of our greatest thinkers and I recommend this book to anyone who hasn't yet read it as a challenging look at our world, still relevant because Drucker sees and writes with clarity and has raised questions that still need serious consideration.