ok, here are some books that we can consider for the second half of the class:
Zakaria: Post American World
http://www.amazon.com/Post-American-World-Fareed-Zakaria/dp/039306235X
Dryzek: Democracy in Capitalist Times
http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Capitalist-Times-Ideals-Struggles/dp/0195106008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265005531&sr=1-1
Also, something that I am really interested in is humanitarian intervention (partly due to my background). When is it justified and what are the implications for wider security considerations? Does it set a precedent? Please see below an Amazon search on this issue.
Salman Rushdie and Christopher Hitchens on one side, and Noam Chomsky on the other make for a lively debate on the matter. The first two support intervention, while the latter likes to dissect American intentions and so forth. DT, maybe you can suggest a book on this topic.
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1265005570/ref=sr_pg_2?ie=UTF8&rs=1000&keywords=humanitarian%20intervention&rh=n%3A!1000%2Ci%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3Ahumanitarian%20intervention&page=2
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I would definitely put in a vote for The Post-American World, i'm a fan of Zakaria. Don't know much about the other one though.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna throw out a book for us to maybe read as well, taking a different angle. It's called The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi. If anyone has seen him on Bill Maher's show or read his stuff in Rolling Stone, you know he's got a very colorful style, but his insights can be quite profound. Here's the article that first got my attention from him http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6539082/bush_like_me/ His style is not like Ricci at all, maybe the complete opposite. Apparently for this book he spent some time with a right-wing religious group, and a 9/11 conspiracy group as well. It might be a fun novelty read and i'm sure there would be some clues about where "the masses" heads are at right now.