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REAL SOCIETIES ARE IN VARIOUS STATES OF UNREST, CHANGE AND TRANSITION, AND CANNOT BE GROUPED SIMPLY IN CATEGORIES OF EITHER TRADITIONAL OR MODERN. THEREFORE, A MODEL OF TRANSITION NEEDS TO INCORPORATE BOTH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL VARIABLES AND MUST ALLOW FOR CHANGES IN SOCIAL VALUES AND INSTITUTIONS RESULTING FROM AND AFFECTING THE PROCESS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Frequently Used Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I-Messengers from the North -- 1-"Our Enterprise Flows from the Gospel of Christ" The Evangelical Reform Nexus Roots of Nineteenth-Century Temperance, 1785-1865 -- 2-The Message Trickles South Introducing the Freed People to Temperance, 1865-1876 -- 3-The Trickle Becomes a Flood Northern Temperance Targets Southern Blacks, 1877-1890 -- Part II-Reformers in the South -- 4-Taking Ownership Black Atlanta's Efforts to Institutionalize a Temperance-Based Moral Community -- 5-"The Most Enthusiastic Election Ever Held in This Country" Atlanta's 1885 Local Option Election -- 6-The "Dry" Years, 1885-1887 -- 7-Prohibition Revisited Atlanta's 1887 Local Option Election -- Afterword -- Appendix I: Biographical Sketches of Key Personalities -- Appendix II: Regulating Atlanta's Liquor Industry, 1865-1907 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

AbstractShould science and its products be considered global public goods? An important question that is currently at the heart of multilateral negotiations on sustainable development. There is no doubt that scientific knowledge and its application have benefited billions across the globe. As the multilateral system seeks to implement the new development platform represented by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is increasing acceptance of a distinct role for world‐class scientific knowledge and technological understanding in diplomacy. In this evolution of the interface of science with politics, the work of the scientist is being increasingly brought into the halls of political power to inform policy formulation at national, regional and international levels with the aim of improving the human condition.However, the architecture and outcomes of the interactions between science and diplomacy are not without challenge, particularly in how they connect with political pragmatism. In this article, I aim to draw lessons from two diplomatic contexts in which I have worked. The first, as a Minister and international representative of Barbados, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS); and the second, as Assistant Secretary General of the UN and Executive Coordinator of the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.