A New World Order
Grassroots Movements for Global Change
Seiten
1992
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-07115-4 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-07115-4 (ISBN)
Ekins combines a compendium of our planet's greatest ills with stirring, real-life examples of people breaking out of old moulds to become practical problem solvers.
Begins by identifying a global problematique, a coincidence of four sustained factors; war, insecurity and militarisation; the persistance of poverty, the denial of human rights; environmental destruction. The conventional policy approaches to these problems are analysed through a rigorous critique of the three United Nations reports of the 1980s. Describing the partial solutions of the Brandt, Palme and Bruntland Commissions, attention is turned to the individuals and organisations involved in policy and action at the grassroots level. Peace and security, human rights, economic development are all discussed. The author argues that if the root causes for crisis lie in Western scientism, developmentalism and the construct of the nations state, it is on the success of `alternative' work that a new world order, based on peace, human dignity and ecological sustainability, can be created.
Begins by identifying a global problematique, a coincidence of four sustained factors; war, insecurity and militarisation; the persistance of poverty, the denial of human rights; environmental destruction. The conventional policy approaches to these problems are analysed through a rigorous critique of the three United Nations reports of the 1980s. Describing the partial solutions of the Brandt, Palme and Bruntland Commissions, attention is turned to the individuals and organisations involved in policy and action at the grassroots level. Peace and security, human rights, economic development are all discussed. The author argues that if the root causes for crisis lie in Western scientism, developmentalism and the construct of the nations state, it is on the success of `alternative' work that a new world order, based on peace, human dignity and ecological sustainability, can be created.
Paul Ekins
Introduction 1. The Global Problematique 2. The Need for New Approaches 3. Peace Through Public Pressure and Real Security 4. In Defence of Human Rights 5. Contrasts in Development 6. Development for People 7. Environmental Regeneration 8. Further Aspects of Human Development 10. Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.1.1992 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-07115-1 / 0415071151 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-07115-4 / 9780415071154 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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