267 Pages
by
Routledge
267 Pages
by
Routledge
267 Pages
by
Routledge
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Globalization and Politics brings together vision and imaginative insight to the analysis of the evolution of inter-state politics to produce a clear, comprehensive and coherent sense of how globalization works and how it might work better. The study looks upon globalization as a distinct set of phenomena - energy, economy, environment and politics - all of which interact. Presenting opportunities... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction: globalization: promises and dangers. Part I Challenges : The optimistic and pessimistic view on global energy; Environmental degradation and environmentalism; Implementing human rights and global rule of law; Diversity of Civilisations. Part II Responses: Coordination of the global market economy; Protecting the global environment; Coordination among states; from sovereignty to reciprocity; Power in international organization; The regionalization of government: a comparison of regional groups of states; Mankind and the world community: relevance of universalism. Part III Could mankind extinguish itself?; A Hollywood planet: a neo-Veblen world?; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Jan-Erik Lane is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
