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See below; and please use this list to promote your publications. Dr Bill Cooke Senior Lecturer in Organizational Analysis Manchester School of Management UMIST PO Box 88 Manchester UK tel: (44) 161 200 3411 fax: (44) 161 200 3505 email: [log in to unmask] Personal Page: http://www.umist.ac.uk/departments/management/about/msmstaff.htm?staff_id=28 17 -----Original Message----- From: Edwards, Michael [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 20 September 2004 22:56 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Future Positive: Revised edition Dear All, Apologies for dropping into your inbox unannounced like this, but I thought you might be interested in details of the new, revised edition of my book "Future Positive", which was published recently. In case you are wondering how your name ended up on this mailing list, I am sending this announcement to everyone who has sent me an email at my Ford Foundation address, or who has been copied on such an email. I hope you will find the book of interest. Any help you could provide in circulating these details to your own contacts via listserves inside and outside your organizations and networks would be much-appreciated. And of course, I hope you find the topic interesting enough to purchase a copy for yourself, urge your organization or library to do the same, and get the book reviewed. The flyers below offer a substantial discount off the cover price in both US Dollars and British Pounds. If I can help in any way, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks for your help, Warm regards, Mike Edwards FUTURE POSITIVE (REVISED EDITION) JUNE 2004, EARTHSCAN (UK) AND STYLUS (USA), ISBN 1-84407-102-2 'A remarkably coherent account of complex and diverse issues' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS 'A careful and realistic portrait of the role of cooperation in domesticating the competitive ethos of the global economy' LOS ANGELES TIMES 'An optimistic vision of how to get to a future where people cooperate universally to end injustice' TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT ********** Published to worldwide acclaim in 1999, Future Positive has helped to revolutionize our thinking about international cooperation. This revised edition updates the arguments of the book to take account of events since September 11th 2001 and offers an optimistic counterblast to unilateralism. Contents: 1 Introduction: the Co-operative Imperative PART ONE LOOKING BACK 2 1945 and All that: a Brief History of International Co-operation * 3 How do Countries Grow? It's the Polity, Stupid! * 4 It's not Size that Matters: Development Projects Re-examined * 5 Matters of Life and Death: the Record of Humanitarian Intervention * 6 Summary: Sticks, Carrots and Room to Maneuver PART TWO LOOKING FORWARD 7 Creativity plus Opportunity: a New Formula for Foreign Aid * 8 Humanizing Capitalism: Which Way Forward? * 9 Light but Firm: the Future of Global Governance * 10 Building Constituencies for Change: the Rise and Fall of Third-World Charity * 11 The Getting of Wisdom: Institutional Reform and Personal Revolution * 12 Conclusion: How Can I help? ********** $24.95/GBP14.95 Paperback, 292 pages. To order please use the attached flyers or web-links (which offer a substantial discount off the cover price) or order from any good bookshop or internet bookstore,. ********** For those who wish to pay in US Dollars: <<stylus.FuturePositiveREV2.pdf>> 1. Mail or fax this flyer to Stylus (and insert the code MEFP04 for a 20% discount), or: 2. <http://www.styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=87165> http://www.styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=87165 (and use the code MEFP04 when you get to your shopping cart for a 20% discount), or: 3. <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1844071022/ref=lpr_g_2/104-68 63068-5226342?v=glance%26s=books> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1844071022/ref=lpr_g_2/104-686 3068-5226342?v=glance&s=books or: 4. <http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=384X3HTT MX%26isbn=1844071022%26itm=23> http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=384X3HTTM X&isbn=1844071022&itm=23 ********** For those who wish to pay in UK Pounds: <<Future Positive.ukflyer.doc>> 1. Mail or fax this flyer to Earthscan to obtain a 20% discount, or: 2. <http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=4069%26field=new> http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=4069&field=new (also carries a 20% discount), or: 3. <http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844071022/ref=ed_ra_of_dp/202-096 4685-5290261> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844071022/ref=ed_ra_of_dp/202-0964 685-5290261