An enormous acceleration of history has occurred in the current decade, thereby radically changing world society in many respects. The core countries--grouped around the triad formed by the United States, Japan, and the European Union--have experienced successive waves of change marked by phases of ascent, unfolding, and decay of societal models. What seemed stable and predictable in past decades came close to collapse or broke down entirely. As a result, we are now living through a crisis of legitimation characterized by acute contradictions. A new order, with a fresh, basic consensus...
An enormous acceleration of history has occurred in the current decade, thereby radically changing world society in many respects. The core countr...
This third volume in the World Society Studies series focuses on a central theme: how market mechanisms can correct the world welfare deficit and also resolve the environmental crisis through processes of sustainable development. The two editors trace how such objectives have been addressed since the 1960s, and describe the parameters of the debate. Conflicts and New Departures in World Society contains original research on confluences and fissures in emerging world society, in both international and domestic arenas.The sixteen contributors offer an unusually wide range of perspectives....
This third volume in the World Society Studies series focuses on a central theme: how market mechanisms can correct the world welfare deficit and also...
