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In many counties, and especially in America, competition is a hallmark of patriotism. But could there be better models of competition that lead to a more productive society? This question is taken up here with this book which scrutinises America's enchantment with competition. Rosenau's inquiry finds little evidence of competition's benefits and much on its harmful effects. Research from biology to psychology to international relations shows that unbridled competition compromises individual health, threatens the quality of community life, lowers commercial productivity, increases inequality and jeopardises globalisation. Yet Rosenau does not condemn all competition. Instead she distinguishes between its constructive and destructive forms, pointing to a new workplace and policies that can enhance life and productivity.

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One cannot but be impressed by the breadth of the author's reading, from medical journals to physiology texts to management tomes to time and motion studies. The review of this research is as painstaking as it is powerful. -- Robert Lineberry, editor, Social Science Quarterly Professor Rosenau's new and engaging book punctures one of the giant balloons of American culture-our love of competition. Her chapters logically and systematically unmask the vast gap between the popular rhetoric of perfect competition and the reality of tilted playing fields. This book shows how bad competition drives out good competition, ultimately to the detriment of our economy and our nation's health. The book should be required reading for all students of social sciences-especially in economics and business studies-as a timely antidote to the myth of the benefits of laissez-faire. -- Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard School of Public Health At a moment when in the Knowledge Economy, the logic of competition is rebuilding around innovation, trust, knowledge-sharing and alliances, The Competition Paradigm arrives just in time. This book is truly excellent and it should be an even greater success than Professor Rosenau's Post-Modernism in the Social Sciences. It will undoubtedly be considered controversial but, the argument is so solidly supported by research evidence that this book will become a main reference on the subject. -- Arnaud Sales, University of Montreal A scorching critique of a key tenet of our economy, polity, and society, written with conviction; a true tour de force. -- Amitai Etzioni, professor, George Washington University; founder of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics

One cannot but be impressed by the breadth of the author's reading, from medical journals to physiology texts to management tomes to time and motion studies. The review of this research is as painstaking as it is powerful.--Robert Lineberry

One cannot but be impressed by the breadth of the author's reading, from medical journals to physiology texts to management tomes to time and motion studies. The review of this research is as painstaking as it is powerful. -- Robert Lineberry, editor, Social Science Quarterly Professor Rosenau's new and engaging book punctures one of the giant balloons of American culture-our love of competition. Her chapters logically and systematically unmask the vast gap between the popular rhetoric of perfect competition and the reality of tilted playing fields. This book shows how bad competition drives out good competition, ultimately to the detriment of our economy and our nation's health. The book should be required reading for all students of social sciences-especially in economics and business studies-as a timely antidote to the myth of the benefits of laissez-faire. -- Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard School of Public Health At a moment when in the Knowledge Economy, the logic of competition is rebuilding around innovation, trust, knowledge-sharing and alliances, The Competition Paradigm arrives just in time. This book is truly excellent and it should be an even greater success than Professor Rosenau's Post-Modernism in the Social Sciences. It will undoubtedly be considered controversial but, the argument is so solidly supported by research evidence that this book will become a main reference on the subject. -- Arnaud Sales, University of Montreal A scorching critique of a key tenet of our economy, polity, and society, written with conviction; a true tour de force. -- Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University

One cannot but be impressed by the breadth of the author's reading, from medical journals to physiology texts to management tomes to time and motion studies. The review of this research is as painstaking as it is powerful. -- Robert Lineberry, editor, Social Science Quarterly Professor Rosenau's new and engaging book punctures one of the giant balloons of American culture-our love of competition. Her chapters logically and systematically unmask the vast gap between the popular rhetoric of perfect competition and the reality of tilted playing fields. This book shows how bad competition drives out good competition, ultimately to the detriment of our economy and our nation's health. The book should be required reading for all students of social sciences-especially in economics and business studies-as a timely antidote to the myth of the benefits of laissez-faire. -- Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard School of Public Health At a moment when in the Knowledge Economy, the logic of competition is rebuilding around innovation, trust, knowledge-sharing and alliances, The Competition Paradigm arrives just in time. This book is truly excellent and it should be an even greater success than Professor Rosenau's Post-Modernism in the Social Sciences. It will undoubtedly be considered controversial but, the argument is so solidly supported by research evidence that this book will become a main reference on the subject. -- Arnaud Sales, University of Montreal A scorching critique of a key tenet of our economy, polity, and society, written with conviction; a true tour de force. -- Amitai Etzioni, The George Washington University

At a moment when in the Knowledge Economy, the logic of competition is rebuilding around innovation, trust, knowledge-sharing and alliances, The Competition Paradigm arrives just in time. This book is truly excellent and it should be an even greater success than Professor Rosenau s Post-Modernism in the Social Sciences. It will undoubtedly be considered controversial but, the argument is so solidly supported by research evidence that this book will become a main reference on the subject.--Arnaud Sales

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Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau is professor of management and policy science at the University of Texas.

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