Böcker av Robert Hefner

Unparalleled in its thematic and geographical scope, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800.

Examining the spectacular growth of capitalist enterprise among overseas Chinese and South-East Asians, this volume does so, not in terms of formal models and faceless abstractions, but in the light of the institutions through which local people give meaning and moral value to business enterprise.

In the aftermath of the cold war, political commentators spoke ebulliently of the triumph of liberal democracy over its ideological rivals

Examining the spectacular growth of capitalist enterprise among overseas Chinese and South-East Asians, this volume does so, not in terms of formal models and faceless abstractions, but in the light of the institutions through which local people give meaning and moral value to business enterprise.

The surge of ethnic and religious violence that has occurred in former Communist states has raised the question of whether democracy can survive outside of Western culture. This text examines the core requirements of successful demoracy, and considers the challenges to modern democracy.