Books by David A. Westbrook

Using a historical approach, puts the case for major reform of US national security institutions to make them more democratically accountable.

An intrepid and readable introduction to, and insightful commentary on, the role of the corporation in the modern world.

Describes the changing nature of ethnography as anthropologists use it to analyze places closer to home. This book maintains that a conversational style of ethnography can help us look beyond our assumptions and gain new insight into arenas of contemporary life such as corporations, financial institutions, science, the military, and religion.

Analyses the intellectual and policy errors that have led us into crisis and sketches a new paradigm for risk management and market structure.

Arguing that we live in "the city of gold" - a global, cosmopolitan polity where politics are done through markets, and where global capital markets have become the dominant force, this title touches on its historical foundation; an assessment of its political scope; its current discontents; and ways to make a better world from within it.