Conflicts and New Departures in World Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2557252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David A Smith (0000-0002-7664-1731, corresponding author), Volker Bornschier, Peter Lengyel (0000-0003-0737-8586) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1126 |
| Publication date | 1997-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2580536 |
| OpenAlex | W2160516306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This third volume in the World Society Studies series focuses on a central theme: how market mechanisms can correct the world welfare deficit also resolve the environmental crisis through processes of sustainable development. The two editors trace how such objectives have been addressed since the 1960s, describe the parameters of the debate. and New Departures in World Society contains original research on confluences fissures in emerging world society, in both international domestic arenas. The sixteen contributors offer an unusually wide range of perspectives. Topics include peace war, core-periphery situations, social labor conflicts. Marek Thee traces the quest for a demilitarized nuclear-free world. Johan Kauf-mann analyzes the role of the United Nations in the post-cold war era. Jill Crystal concentrates on the human rights environment in the Arab World. H.C.F. Mansilla comments on the destruction of the tropical forests in Bolivia. Other contributors include Bruce Russett, Christian Suter, John Foran, Beverly Silver, Georg Kohler. Conflicts New Departures in World Society gives intellectual substance to the still nebulous notion of a world society. It does so not by advocacy, but by indicating parallel social, economic, political conditions that compel new interactions between advanced developing lands. This books will be of interest to sociologists, environmentalists, political theorists scientists
Economic history · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theme (computing) · World War II · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Political and Social Dynamics · History · International Development and Aid · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2016 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |