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⚫ '''''The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization''''' (ISBN 0-676-97722-7) is a ] ] published in 2006 by ], a professor at the ].


The book sets out a theory of the growth, crisis, and renewal of societies. The world's converging energy, environmental, and political stresses could cause a breakdown of national and global order. Yet there are things we can do now to keep such a breakdown from being catastrophic. And some kinds of breakdown could even open up extraordinary opportunities for creative, bold reform of our societies, if we are prepared to exploit these opportunities when they arise.<ref name=abstract>{{cite web|url=http://www.theupsideofdown.com/theargument.html|title=The Argument|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf Canada||accessdate=2006-11-20}}</ref> The book sets out a theory of the growth, crisis, and renewal of societies. The world's converging energy, environmental, and political stresses could cause a breakdown of national and global order. Yet there are things we can do now to keep such a breakdown from being catastrophic. And some kinds of breakdown could even open up extraordinary opportunities for creative, bold reform of our societies, if we are prepared to exploit these opportunities when they arise.<ref name=abstract>{{cite web|url=http://www.theupsideofdown.com/theargument.html|title=The Argument|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf Canada||accessdate=2006-11-20}}</ref>

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The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
AuthorThomas Homer-Dixon
GenreNon-fiction, Political Science, Social Science
PublisherRandom House Canada
Publication dateOctober 2006
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages448 pp.
ISBNISBN 0-676-97722-7 (10) & ISBN 978-0-676-97722-6 (13) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
Dewey Decimal909.83
LC ClassHC79.E5 H66 2006

The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization (ISBN 0-676-97722-7) is a non-fiction book published in 2006 by Thomas Homer-Dixon, a professor at the University of Waterloo.

The book sets out a theory of the growth, crisis, and renewal of societies. The world's converging energy, environmental, and political stresses could cause a breakdown of national and global order. Yet there are things we can do now to keep such a breakdown from being catastrophic. And some kinds of breakdown could even open up extraordinary opportunities for creative, bold reform of our societies, if we are prepared to exploit these opportunities when they arise.

References

  1. "The Argument". Alfred A. Knopf Canada. Retrieved 2006-11-20. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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