Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Evans' NP: Diamond's arguments about why societies fail, based on his book, "Collapse" (2005).

o Definition
o Historical Example: Maya
o Diamond's 5 point framework for why societies collapse
1. Environmental damage
2. Climate change
3. Hostile neighbours:
4. Decreased support by friendly neighbours:
5. How societies respond to a crisis
o The Future: Australia
o Why some societies make wrong decisions
o Responses to challenges: Japan
o Critique

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