I realize that life and society is an ever-revolving and evolving entity and certain elements of our society and culture will and must change. What I fear most is that in our process of change, oftentimes, the borders of sound biblical doctrine are lost or abandoned. With this in mind, I have attempted to address some of the issues of our day that may seem trivial at first glance yet, in totality, may very well be a bold presage of a terminally ill culture. At one time in years past, we had what has been referred to as "a habitual reflexive submission to Deity." We have somehow anesthetized, polluted, or pummeled this reflexive action into a dwarf or nonexistent status. Salvation will save you from your sins, but it does not deliver you from the wilderness of distorted, dysfunctional, distracted, chaotic lifestyles. I do understand that there are different lifestyles and that is the way God wants it. The problem is that some lifestyles incorporate malignant lesions that belie future maladies. With this in mind, I believe it would behoove us to search out the ancient wells of wisdom that have been dug out for us many years ago. These old wells of wisdom are recorded and mapped out for us in a book called the Bible.
Infrastructure represents the core underpinning architecture of the global economic system. Adopting an approach informed by realism, this insightful book looks at the forces for the integration and fragmentation of the global infrastructure system. The authors undertake a thorough examination of the main internationalised infrastructure sectors: energy, transport and information. They argue that the global infrastructure system is a network of national systems and that state strategies exert powerful forces upon the form and function of this system.
At the core of the logic of this book is that states engage in infrastructuring as a means of securing and enhancing their territoriality. By positioning infrastructure as a system, there is a presumption that all infrastructures exhibit some degree of mutual dependence. As such, a National Infrastructure System (NIS) is not simply about conventional conceptions of infrastructure based on those that support economic activity (i.e. energy, transport and information) but also about broader hard and soft structures that both enable and are supported by the aforementioned economic infrastructures. Consequently, this book offers an ambitious holistic view on the form of NIS arguing that the infrastructural mandate requires a conception of the state that encapsulates themes from both the competition and the welfare states in infrastructure provision.
Written by a team of leading scholars, this new text focuses on a range of key challenges posed by developments in 21st century politics to provide a state-of-the-art assessment of current thinking and future directions in Political Science and International Relations.
This is the third edition of the widely respected text International Business, which offers a comprehensive yet critical overview of the phenomenon of globalisation and its impacts on key aspects of the business environment as it fundamentally alters corporate strategy. This updated edition covers the core international business topics and themes, including multinationals, internationalisation, and international market entry, as well as a new focus on risk, business models, and hyperglobalisation. With dedicated chapters on the role of non-market actors in international business, the book provides a multi-disciplinary worldview for readers. Featuring a wealth of case studies and pedagogy, the new edition examines the rise of India and China as well as growing levels of risk within the global system. The book looks at those developed economies which have been the core drivers behind the trend towards hyperglobalisation. The author explores and guides students through what this means for the study of international business. A comprehensive and engaging text, supplemented by online resources, this book is the ideal accompaniment to international and global business learning.
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