Civilization's Crisis

A Set of Linked Challenges

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Social Science
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Author: John Scales Avery ISBN: 9789813222472
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: April 20, 2017
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: John Scales Avery
ISBN: 9789813222472
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: April 20, 2017
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; (4) intolerable economic inequality; (5) the threat of nuclear war; (6) the military-industrial complex; and (7) limits to growth. These problems are closely interlinked, and their possible solutions are discussed in this book.

Contents:

  • Economics, Ethics and Ecology
  • Threats to the Environment and Climate Change
  • Growing Population, Vanishing Resources
  • The Global Food and Refugee Crisis
  • Intolerable Economic Inequality
  • The Threat of Nuclear War
  • Facing a Set of Linked Problems
  • Outlawing War
  • The Evolution of Cooperation
  • Education for Peace
  • The Future of International Law
  • The Choice is Ours to Make

Readership: Readers interested in an overview of world issues and a brief history of their origins.
Key Features:

  • Provides a historical background and up-to-date information on current world issues
  • Besides discussing current threats to human civilization and the biosphere, this book also proposes rational and holistic solutions
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Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; (4) intolerable economic inequality; (5) the threat of nuclear war; (6) the military-industrial complex; and (7) limits to growth. These problems are closely interlinked, and their possible solutions are discussed in this book.

Contents:

Readership: Readers interested in an overview of world issues and a brief history of their origins.
Key Features:

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