Can the World be Wrong?: Where Global Public Opinion Says We're Headed

by Doug Miller, John Elkington

Overview

When the global economy and world order become uncertain, where do we look for a sense of where things are heading? Can the World Be Wrong? lays out a compelling case for looking to long-term trends in global public opinion to help predict the future. Written by a pioneer of global polling, the book is provocatively illustrated by decade-long public opinion trends across 20 countries, on subjects ranging from geopolitics, globalization, the economy, the role of companies and the UN, to changing consumer trends and the future of democracy in the 21st century.

Doug Miller, the founder and Chairman of the global research consultancy GlobeScan Inc., offers 30 never-before-released global opinion polls that inform this exposé of where the world may be headed.

This essentially optimistic book delivers a fascinating briefing on below-the-radar trends that business leaders and policy-makers follow closely and thoughtful citizens need to understand. Miller brings his topics alive with behind-the-scenes looks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre (Brazil), the International Business Leaders Forum in London, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the White House, and boardrooms around the world.

Can the World be Wrong? reveals what we really think of our leaders, businesses and policy-makers, and what this might all say about where we're headed in the 21st century. The book is essential reading for leaders, managers, policy-makers and researchers seeking to understand the power of global opinion and the implications it may have.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783534227
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2015
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Doug Miller, John Elkington

Table of Contents

1. Where on earth are we going?

2. Can the world be wrong?

3. A post-superpower world

4. How the mighty are falling

5. Retreat from economic globalization

6. Toward a sustainable economy

7. The evolution of business 1975–2015

8. A new social contract for business

9. The rise of the ethical consumer

10. A civil society renaissance?

11. War on terror to war on poverty?

12. Whither the United Nations?

13. If current trends continue

14. Ideas for the 21st century

Editorial Reviews

"Miller is one of the few who can put a number on a global opinion. As a pollster, it often allows him to understand before the rest of us where the world is going."

Mark Malloch Brown

"In Can the World Be Wrong?, author Doug Miller, documents his company's polling results over decades in many countries. GlobeScan's polls ask questions beyond the myopic "horse race" political polls that clutter our media. Miller lays out GlobeScan's polls on the key global issues of our time in chapters: "Where on Earth are we going?"; "A post-superpower world"; "Retreat from economic globalization"; "Toward a sustainable economy"; "A new social contract for business"; "The rise of the ethical consumer"; "War on terror to war on poverty?"; and "Whither the United Nations." This data-packed book is a must-read for sociologists, politicians and marketers as well as business and government leaders in all countries."

Hazel Henderson

In Can the World Be Wrong?, author Doug Miller, renowned global polling authority and founder of GlobeScan, documents his company's polling results over decades in many countries. GlobeScan's polls ask questions beyond the myopic "horse race" political polls that clutter our media. Miller lays out GlobeScan's polls on the key global issues of our time in chapters: "Where on Earth are we going?"; "A post-superpower world"; "Retreat from economic globalization"; "Toward a sustainable economy"; "A new social contract for business"; "The rise of the ethical consumer"; "War on terror to war on poverty?"; and "Whither the United Nations." - AlphaSource.com - Hazel Henderson

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