Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
The Juggernaut of the 21st Century
Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
ISBN: 978-0-7546-7393-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Introduction The Challenges of Globalization, World Capitalism and the Global Open Society; Part 1 Rejecting the Cornucopian View; Chapter 1 Resilience is better than Anticipation: Wildavsky was both Right and Wrong; Chapter 2 The Energy-Environment Conundrum: Why Hubbert’s Pessimism is Grounded; Part 2 March of the Juggernaut; Chapter 3 World Capitalism and Unsustainable Lifestyles: Veblen is Still Relevant Today; Chapter 4 The Asian Miracle: Perhaps Lipset was Wrong about Affluence Producing Democracy, or Gerschenkron might have Predicted Correctly; Chapter 5 Globalization Ripping Poor States Apart: Why Hobbes may have been Just about Right; Part 3 Coordination Hopes; Chapter 6 Logic of International Coordination: The Wicksell Approach to Political Cooperation among States; Chapter 7 Balassa, Regional Organization and Economic Convergence in the EU Club of States; Chapter 8 Global Rule of Law? Kelsen was Contradictory about the Nature of Public International Law; Part 4 Fundamentalism and the Global Open Society; Chapter 9 Epistemology for a Global Open Society: Popper and Derrida Endorsing a Critical Society; Chapter 10 Human Values in the Global Open Society: Weber and Habermas on Respect for the Values Diversity; Chapter 11 The Problem of Religious Fundamentalism: Why No Spinoza in the Arab Culture Despite Averroes?; conclusion Conclusions;