Год выпуска: 2003
Автор: G. Pascal Zachary
Издательство: Westview press
Страниц: 352
ISBN: 0-8133-4050-0
Описание A Wall Street Journal correspondent's visionary, big-picture look at why countries, businesses, and people either win or lose in an increasingly multicultural world. Why is Japan, a country that looked economically invincible a decade ago, stagnating, while long-moribund Ireland booms? What are the qualities that will ensure the continued dominance of U.S. culture, society, and business? In The Diversity Advantage, G. Pascal Zachary provides a provocative roadmap to the new civilization arising out of sweeping shifts in the world economy. He reveals - through vivid examples of individuals and institutions - that the key new determinants for any nation's economic, political, and cultural success are, surprisingly, a diverse population and a mongrel sense of self. Roaming the globe, Zachary shows how the rise of new forms of identity and migration are helping to determine exactly who will win and lose in the next century. Zachary's thesis isn't just about countries but about... |
