A imagen de la sociedad feudal, la sociedad industrial del siglo XX -construida en torno de la gran firma industrial- vinculó un modo de producción y un modo de protección, y resolvió así, con la cuestión económica, la cuestión social. La sociedad postindustrial, afirma Daniel Cohen en esta obra, "organiza científicamente la destrucción de esa sociedad industrial". El capitalismo del siglo XXI consagra la separación de producción y protección y, en "una inversión copernicana de los fundamentos mismos del trabajo asalariado, serán los trabajadores quienes sufran los riesgos, y los accionistas quienes busquen protección". Esta obra analiza las grandes rupturas que han conducido al capitalismo del siglo XXI a la destrucción metódica de aquella herencia: las innovaciones tecnológicas, la revolución financiera, las transformaciones de los modos de organización del trabajo y la globalización de los intercambios. Y a través de un análisis de las lógicas que operan en esos cambios radicales, estas tres lecciones ayudan a comprender no sólo el mundo actual, sino, sobre todo, los desafíos del futuro.

This new academic and analytical book tackles the strategy of Iran’s security since the new millennium, when their national security policy was reviewed to secure Iran’s position. This was implemented by the newly elected President Mohammad Khatami and modified during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The importance of the period from Khatami to Ahmadinejad is that the clerical establishment of the Iranian regime, in order to maintain stability of the system, chose two strategic doctrines: firstly, they supported Khatami’s ‘Policy of Appeasement’ – Detente – towards the West and tried to conduct reform within the system. Secondly, hard-line conservative Ahmadinejad was brought to power based on the ‘Policy of Confrontation’ and advocated conservative ideology, which resulted in more clashes with Western governments.This book explains the doctrine of Iran’s national security in the 21st century, examining the factors related to the formulation of their national security strategy. It aims to provide a clear understanding of the nature of the clerical system’s goals, their behavior patterns in a domestic environment, and the international community. This can only be made by taking into account their particular aim and the circumstances that prevailed when decisions were made and policies were formed. There are many books written on Iran which analyses the different aspects of the mullah’s regime, but there are currently no books that focus on its national security doctrine. Manshour Varasteh has written Understanding Iran’s National Security Doctrine to give a better understanding of the clerical regime’s ambitious politics. On this basis, it is hoped this book will shed some light on the politics of Iran. It will appeal to those interested in Iran’s politics.

This book presents the best contributions and some more invited papers of a Conference which was organised at the University of Durban-Westville in South Africa by the Research Committee 10 - Participation, Organisational Democracy & Self-Management of the International Sociological Association, and the South African Sociological Association, from 1 to 5 October 2000. The nineteen contributions come from Africa, America and Europe and cover the topic in an interdisciplinary way. A major concern within the process of globalisation being democratic participation and cultural diversity. A critique of this process and alternatives to it are presented with a number of case studies. Contents: Dasarath Chetty: Betwen Neo-Liberalism and Empowerment of the People in South Africa - Gyorgy Szell: Securing South Africa's Future - A View from Outside - Richard L. Harris: The Democratisation of the State and the State Bureaucracy: A Global Perspective - Antonio Lucas: El Trabajo en la Nueva Sociedad de la Informatcion (Work in the New Informational Society) - Johann Maree/Shane Godfrey: The Relationship between Participation and Performance in a South African Fish Processing Enterprise in a Context of Cultural Diversity and Globalisation - Claude Beauchamp: Cooperation, participation, culture et mondialisation en Afrique Noire (Co-operation, Participation, Culture and Globalisation in Black Africa) - Richard Ru ika: Participation and Entrepreneurship: After Ten Years of Transformation - Volkmar Kreiig: Privatisation and the Development of New Middle Classes in Transforming Societies - A Comparison between the New Lander of Germany and Russia - Pitika P. Ntuli: Participation, Globalisation and Culture in the Era of the African Renaissance: An Overview - Heinz Sunker: Democracy, Participation and Education - Martina Hartkemeyer/Johannes F. Hartkemeyer: Dialogue - A Different Approach for Learning - Ari Sitas: Globalisation and Participation - the South African Dilemma - Louis Molamu: Black Exclusivism and Trade Unionism in South Africa: The Case of the Black Allied Workers' Union, 1973-1984 - David Hemson: Top Concord and Casual Labour - Globalisation and Livelihoods in the Durban Docks - Nora Tager: The Role of Information Technology in the Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Programmes - Priya Narismulu: On the Fringes of Democracy: Women's Participation in the Community Life of Urban Informal Settlements - Sultan Khan/David Hemson: Youth Participation in the Labour Force: Globalisation and some Critical Junctures for Youth Employment Policies in the Post-Apartheid South Africa - Fernand Sanou: La mondialisation et l'avenir de l'humanite (The Globalisation and the Future of Humanity) - Alain Chouraqui: Actors' Participation at the Core of Societal Changes and Global Challenges."