Global Trends and Global Governance by Paul Kennedy (English) Paperback Book

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A guide to the process of globalisation

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Which global issues have the most impact on our lives at the beginning of the 21st century? What's the relationship between developments in politics, ecology, the economy, security, and systems of global government, and how do we as individuals address the problems that they raise in an increasingly globalized world? Global Trends and Global Governance offers answers to these questions. It is a concise and practical guide that explains the key political, eonomic, ecological and social factors that shape the process of globalization, and the way that they affect the lives of all people around the world. Written in a clear and accessible style, it is an indispensible handbook for activists, civil servants, policy researchers, and anyone interested in getting involved in political action. Covering each of the subject areas chapter by chapter, and drawing on information from UN reports, the book is packed with useful facts and figures that elucidate these complex ideas. It includes analysis of the US economy and US foreign policy as part of a wider critique of UN-unilaterlism, revealing the need to establish more cooperative and inclusive forms of global politics.Public action, such as the organized protests in Seattle and Prague, and the demonstrations at the environment summit at the Hague, are now having an impact on the way that the world is governed. Addressing this changing situation, and the implications that it holds for human security, the contributors analyse ways in which we can evolve new ways of working together to cope with problems of a transnational nature.

Author Biography

Paul Kennedy's best-selling book Preparing for the 21st Century, (Random House, 1993), puts him in the bestseller list of world historians. He is Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies, Institute for International Security Studies, Yale University.Dirk Messner is a leading German intellectual on issues of globalization, and a member of the scientific committee of the Development and Peace Foundation (founded by Willy Brandt in 1986). He is co-director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg in Germany.Franz Nuscheler is a leading German intellectual on issues of globalization, and a member of the scientific committee of the Development and Peace Foundation (founded by Willy Brandt in 1986). He is co-director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg in Germany.

Table of Contents

Preface1 Global Challenges at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century by Paul Kennedy2 World Society - Structures and Trends by Dirk Messner3 World Economy - Structures and Trends by Heribert Dieter4 World Ecology – Structure and Trends by Udo Ernst Simonis and Tanja Brühl5 World Politics - Structures and Trends by Dirk Messner and Franz Nuscheler6 Global Governance, Development, and Peace by Franz NuschelerIndex

Review

'Essential reading for those interested in international political economies, because of its content and its contribution to the debate over the dynamics of globalisation' -- CHOICE

Review Quote

'Essential reading for those interested in international political economies, because of its content and its contribution to the debate over the dynamics of globalisation'

Details ISBN0745317502 Pages 216 Language English ISBN-10 0745317502 ISBN-13 9780745317502 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 327 Year 2001 Imprint Pluto Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Dirk Messner Author Franz Nuscheler Short Title GLOBAL TRENDS & GLOBAL GOVERNA DOI 10.1604/9780745317502 UK Release Date 2001-12-20 Illustrations 22 colour figures AU Release Date 2001-12-20 NZ Release Date 2001-12-20 Birth 1954 Affiliation Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Ayr, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, UK Position Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Qualifications OBE,QC Publisher Pluto Press Publication Date 2001-12-20 Alternative 9780745317519 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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