Mood matters
Subtitle: from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers
By: John L. Casti
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9783642048340
Subjects: Soziales Lebensgefühl; Mood (Psychology); Causation; Psychological aspects; Social change; Sozioökonomischer Wandel; Social prediction; Lebensstil; Social psychology
Description: Casti argues that human affairs-- fashions, economic trends and the fall of governments or wars-- can be traced back to an underlying social mood, which heavily biases the way things develop.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: The unconventional wisdom; title: Why "stuff" happens; title: Why hits happen; title: Why wars, economic cycles, and political crises happen; title: Why great powers come and go; title: Getting it together.