Professor John Urry Livres

Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future.

This rich biography tells the remarkable tale of Margaret Haig Thomas who became the Second Viscountess Rhondda. She was a Welsh suffragette, held important posts during the First World War and survived the sinking of the Lusitania. A leading British industrialist, she was also instrumental in securing a seat for women in the House of Lords.

In this groundbreaking book, John Urry envisions the future of an oil- dependent world facing energy descent. Without a large-scale plan B, how can the energizing of society possibly be going into reverse?

The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies.

Issues of movement - of people, things, information and ideas - are central to people's lives and to most organisations.