{"product_id":"plasticity-into-power-roberto-mangabeira-unger-9781844675166","title":"Plasticity Into Power: Comparative-Historical Studies on the Institutional Conditions of Economic and Military Success","description":"\u003ci\u003ePlasticity into Power\u003c\/i\u003e works out, through historical examples, a major theme of Unger's work--the relation between institutional and organizational flexibility and the development of our collective ability to produce or to destroy. The message of the book is that the practical success of a society depends on its capacity for permanent innovation. Certain practices and institutions--the history and content of which Unger explores--can nurture this capacity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnger pursues this topic through wide-ranging historical inquiries into the European escape from the recurring crises that foreclosed political and economic breakthroughs in the great empires of the past; the invention of revolutionary approaches to the governmental protection of wealth; and the social conditions of military success, viewed as sources of insight into the social foundations of economic growth. Throughout, \u003ci\u003ePlasticity into Power\u003c\/i\u003e exemplifies a conception of the relation between theory and history that remains faithful to the surprising, open-ended quality of lived experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Mangabeira Unger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844675165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844675166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.36w x 0.59d","brand":"Roberto Mangabeira Unger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097080242431,"sku":"9781844675166","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plasticity-into-power-roberto-mangabeira-unger-9781844675166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}