Table of Contents

Preface Part 1: The Political Realities 1. The Divide 2. No More Salvation by Society 3. The End of FDR's America 4. When Russian Empire is Gone 5. Now that Arms are Counterproductive Part 2: Government and Political Process 6. The Limits of Government 7. The New Pluralisms 8. Beware Charisma: The Changing Demands on Political Leadership Part 3: Economy, Ecology and Economics 9. Transnational Economy - Transnational Ecology 10. The Paradoxes of Economic Development 11. Economics at the Crossroads Part 4: The Knowledge Society 12. The Post-Business Society 13. The Two Counter Cultures 14. The Information-Based Organization 15. Management as a Social Function 16. The Shifting Knowledge Base Conclusion

About the Author

Peter F. Drucker has been Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate School in California since 1971. He is the author of The Ecological Vision, The Concept of the Corporation, The New Society, The Future of Industrial Man, The Age of Discontinuity, and most recently, his new collection, A Functioning Society, all published by Transaction.