BOOKS

The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
David C. Korten

In his classic When Corporations Rule the World, David Korten focused on the destructive nature of the global corporate economy and helped to spark a worldwide resistance movement. Now, in    More >

The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism
David C. Korten

One of Future Survey's Super 70 books David Korten challenges capitalism's claim to being a means of creating wealth and a champion of democracy as he examines the fissure between    More >

Failing Grades: The Federal Politics of Education Standards
Kevin R. Kosar

In the past fifteen years, presidents from two parties, supported by parents, teachers, and civic leaders have tried—and generally failed—to increase student achievement through    More >

Splintered Classes: The European Lower Middle Classes in the Age of Facism
Rudy Koshar, editor

In contrast with traditional scholarship, which has seen a more or less uniform middle-class response to the political and economic crises of the age of fascism, this comparative study of    More >

Political Corruption in Eastern Europe: Politics After Communism
Tatiana Kostadinova

Why has political corruption emerged as a major obstacle to successful democratic consolidation in Eastern Europe? Exploring the origins, scope, and impact of political corruption in the    More >

Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity
Joseph Kostiner, editor

Though monarchies have been deemed obsolete by many observers, recent history testifies to their profound resilience. This volume offers an in-depth discussion of the fundamentals and    More >

The Suns of Independence
Ahmadou Kourouma

A masterpiece of modern African literature, The Suns of Independence brilliantly captures the struggles, desires, and dreams of people in a west African country as they live through the    More >

Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague, 1941-1968
Heda Margolius Kovály, translated by Franci Epstein and Helen Epstein with the author

Heda Margolius Kovály (1919–2010) endured both the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz and the brutality of Czechoslovakia's postwar Stalinist government. Her husband, after    More >

Sentencing Guidelines: Lessons from Pennsylvania
John H. Kramer and Jeffrey T. Ulmer

Sentencing guidelines, adopted by many states in recent decades, are intended to eliminate the impact of bias based on factors ranging from a criminal’s ethnicity or gender to the    More >

The Collected Papers of Kofi Annan: UN Secretary-General, 1997-2006
Jean E. Krasno, editor

The thousands of documents in this five-volume set illuminate the complexity and texture of the workings of the United Nations as they trace the activities of Secretary-General Kofi Annan    More >

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