The Rise of Global Civil Society: Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up

by Don E. Eberly

Book Overview

Global news is generally bad news. On the surface, the story is about war, poverty, ethnic and sectarian strife. Democracy movements advanced by the U.S. government seem to be stalled or even reversed. Yet just below the surface, more hopeful trends are brewing. A new global awareness of the people at the bottom of the pyramid is summoning forth an unprecedented response to human need and suffering. It involves a shift from vertical to horizontal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594032149
• ISBN13: 9781594032141
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"