03164nam 2200577 450 991014953570332120200520144314.01-351-29538-11-4128-6378-3(CKB)3710000000934012(MiAaPQ)EBC4785139(Au-PeEL)EBL4785139(CaPaEBR)ebr11329484(OCoLC)959610832(BIP)055803161(EXLCZ)99371000000093401220170124h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe endangered West myopic elites and fragile social orders in a threatening world /John HigleyNew Brunswick, New Jersey ;London, England :Transaction Publishers,2016.20161 online resource (245 pages)1-4128-6415-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Bold political elites and unique forms of social order brought the West to world dominance, but both are weakening dramatically in the contemporary period. The Endangered West makes the case for the continuation of Western power on as wide a global basis as is prudent. Is the survival of Western influence possible, or must we resign ourselves to its eventually being subordinated to more ruthless powers?Higley lays out the main policy lines that successful leadership will have to follow to preserve and strengthen Western societies. These include avoiding futile involvements in the internal problems of non-Western countries and preserving sufficient social order to permit public and private organizations to function. The West will also have to find a way to regularize treatment of the growing number of those who lack employment; invent new forms of useful work for Westerners to perform; inhibit large in-migrations, and discourage population growth. Above all, the West must address the threat of environmental disaster.There is no certain result in the struggle, but such measures will help to prevent a slide into despotism or a lapse into barbarism. Half the battle is to hold on to what the West has and, if possible, extend it. Progress will be made if elites and opinion leaders address societies' problems more competently. If the West's prestige is restored, world tensions may gradually subside, making meeting global problems more possible.Elite (Social sciences)Social stratificationPolitical developmentEconomic developmentEconomic DevelopmentElite (Social Sciences)Social ClassesBusiness & EconomicsSocial ScienceElite (Social sciences)Social stratification.Political development.Economic development.305.52Higley John1090271MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910149535703321The endangered West3421969UNINA04979nam 2200589 a 450 991095909690332120250523200430.01-282-04064-297866120406411-84760-085-9(CKB)1000000000798852(EBL)3306086(SSID)ssj0000440907(PQKBManifestationID)12166018(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440907(PQKBWorkID)10491937(PQKB)11123555(MiAaPQ)EBC3306086(Au-PeEL)EBL3306086(CaPaEBR)ebr10567313(CaONFJC)MIL204064(OCoLC)923143670(EXLCZ)99100000000079885220120612d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe poems of William Wordsworth collected reading texts from the Cornell Wordsworth series. Volume I /edited by Jared CurtisTirril [England] ;Penrith, Calif. Humanities-Ebooks20111 online resource (784 p.)The poems of William Wordsworth : collected reading texts from the Cornell Wordsworth series ;v. 1Description based upon print version of record.1-84760-089-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.""Cover""; ""Licence and Use ""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright Notice""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgements and Note on the Text""; ""Early Poems and Fragments (1785�1797)""; ""Lines on the Bicentenary of Hawkshead School""; ""Anacreon Imitated""; ""The Death of the Starling. Catullus ""; ""“My Lesbia let us love and live�""; ""Beauty and Moonlight An Ode Fragment""; ""“And will you leave me thus alone�""; ""On the death of an unfortunate Lady.""; ""A Winter�s Evening� Fragment of an Ode to winter""""Sonnet written by Mr ��� immediately after the death of his Wife""""Sonnet, on seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams weep at a Tale of Distress.""; ""The Dog�An Idyllium""; ""“Here M. ����sleep[s] who liv�d a patriarch�s days�""; ""[The Vale of Esthwaite]""; ""[Extracts from The Vale of Esthwaite]""; ""Various Extracts from The vale of Esthwaite""; ""Pity (“What tho� my griefs must never flow�)""; ""“melancholy joy�""; ""Pity (“Now too while o�er the heart we feel�)""; ""“In Evening tints of joy [array�d]�""""“How sweet at Eve�s still hour the song�""""Vale longum vale. Sentiments of Affection for inanimate Nature""; ""“But cease my Soul ah! cease to pry�""; ""Evening Sounds""; ""Description of a dying storm""; ""Scenes""; ""“What from the social chain can tear�""; ""“How sweet in Life�s tear-glistering morn�""; ""“Come thou in robe of darkest blue� [To Melpomene]""; ""Hope""; ""Torrent""; ""“Hoarse sound the swoln and angry floods�""; ""“The moaning owl shall soon�""; ""“I the while�""; ""“On tiptoe forward as I lean�d aghast�""; ""Death a Dirge""""Dirge Sung by a Minstrel""""[Shipwreck of the Soul]""; ""[Evening Sonnets]""; ""Horace To Apollo""; ""[Lament for Bion (from Moschus)]""; ""From the Greek""; ""[Septimius and Acme]""; ""[Lines on Milton]""; ""“If grief dismiss me not to them that rest�""; ""Translation ['From the French'].""; ""“The western clouds a deepening gloom display�""; ""Inscription for a seat by the pathway side ascending to Windy Brow""; ""“Thou who with youthful vigour rich, and light�""; ""Septimi, Gades""; ""[Ode] (from Horace)""; ""[Imitation of Juvenal, Satire VIII]""""[Unplaced Lines for Imitation of Juvenal]""""“The hour-bell sounds and I must go�""; ""Address to the Ocean.""; ""[Greyhound Ballad]""; ""The Three Graves""; ""An Evening Walk (1793)""; ""Descriptive Sketches (1793)""; ""Adventures on Salisbury Plain (1795�1799)""; ""The Borderers (1797�1799)""; ""The Ruined Cottage and The Pedlar (1798, 1803�1804)""; ""The Ruined Cottage. A Poem.�""; ""[Revised Ending for The Ruined Cottage]""; ""The Pedlar""; ""LYRICAL BALLADS and other poems 1797-1800""; ""Lyrical Ballads 1798 """"Lines left upon a seat in a Yew-tree which Stands near the Lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate part of the shore, yet commanding a beautiful prospect.""821.7Wordsworth William1770-1850.163540Curtis Jared1820558MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959096903321The poems of William Wordsworth4382831UNINA