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World On Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Violence and Global Instability Author: Amy Chua Hardcover Usually ships in 24 hours Delivery is subject to warehouse availability. Shipping delays may occur if we receive more orders than stock. Our Price: $40.00 Our Sale Price: $28.00 Savings: $12.00 (30%) Ordering is 100% secure . Spend $39 or more at chapters.indigo.ca and your order ships free!. ( Details ) Dimensions: 352 Pages | ISBN: 0385503024 Published: December 2002 | Published by DDay Gen Adult From the Publisher Every few years, a book is published about America’s role in the world and the changing contest of global affairs that gets everyone thinking in a new way. Amy Chua’s WORLD ON FIRE will have exactly that kind of impact on the debate of how the world has changed in light of the events of last September. Apostles of globalization, such as Thomas Friedman, believe that exporting free markets and democracy to other countries will increase peace and prosperity throughout the developing world; Amy Chua is the anti-Thomas Friedman. Her book wil be a dash of cold water in the face of globalists, techno-utopians, and liberal triumphalists as she shows that just the opposite has happened: When global markets open, ethnic conflict worsens and politics turns ugly and violent. Drawing on examples from around the world--from Africa and Asia to Russia and Latin America--Chua examines how free markets do not spread wealth evenly throughout the whole of these societies. Instead they produce a new class of extremely wealthy plutocrats--individuals as rich as nations. Almost always members of a minority group--Chinese in the Philippines, Croatians in the former Yugoslavia, whites in Latin America, Indians in East Africa, Jews in post-communist Russia--these "market-dominant minorities" have become targets of violent hatred. Adding democracy to this volatile mix unleashes supressed ethnic hatreds and brings to power ethnonationalist governments that pursue aggressive policies of confiscation and revenge. Chua further shows how individual countries are often viewed as dominant minorities, explaining the phenomena of ethnic resentment in the Arab-Israeli conflict and the rising tide of anti-American sentiment around the world. This more than anything accounts for the visceral hatred of Americans that has been expressed in recent acts of terrorism. Bold and original, WORLD ON FIRE is a perceptive examination of the far-reaching effects of exporting capitalism with democracy and its potentially catastrophic results. Info Desk iREWARDS Program About Our Company Affiliate Opportunities Careers Contact Us Corporate Sales Gift Certificates Privacy Policy Shipping Rates Store Locations Wish List chapters.indigo.ca: books Shopping Bag | Account Centre | Wish List | Help iREWARDS Program | Corporate Sales | Store Locations All Products Books DVD Video Gifts Books Advanced Search Search Tips About this Book From the Publisher Read from the Book Current Events Homelessness International Mass Media Military Peace Political Browse Books View all Categories . Chapters Sudbury • Indigo • Chapters Indigo Com • Chapters Bookstore • Chapters Pointe Claire • Chapters London • Indigo Bookstore • Chapters Indigo Online • Chapters Bookstore • Indigo Canada • www.Chapters Indigo • www.Chapters.com • Canadian Stores • Indigo • www.Chapters.Indigo.ca • Coles Bookstore • Smiths Bookstore, Canada • Indigo Canada • Chapters Indigo Online • Chapters Pointe Claire • Indigo Website, Canada • Chapters Hours • www.Chapters.Indigo.ca • Chapters Victoria BC • Chapters Indigo Coupons •
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