The Great Turning:

In his classic When Corporations Rule the World, David Korten focused on the destructive nature of the global corporate economy and helped to spark a worldwide resistance movement. Now, in The Great Turning, he goes further to argue that the corporate consolidation of power is but one manifestation of what he calls "Empire": the organization of society through hierarchy and violence that has held sway for some 5,000 years.

But Korten does much more than chart the evolution of Empire and its instruments of control. He also highlights efforts to develop democratic alternatives and—emphasizing that Empire is not the natural order of things—makes a compelling case that an egalitarian, sustainable way of ordering human society is both possible and practical.