This book focuses on global structures that are producing new patterns of North/South and rich/poor domination, as well as exerting dangerous pressures on the carrying capacities of the planet, arguing that any hopeful response to these threatening developments requires the fundamental revision of such basic ideas as sovereignty, democracy and security.
About the Author
Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice at Princeton University. He has been a major contributor to the world order literature for more than three decades, and is one of the original members of the World Order Models Project. The WOMP was initiated in 1968, publishes the journal Alternatives, sponsored a series of books entitled "Preferred Worlds for the 1990s", and received the UNESCO peace education prize several years ago.
Features
Written by one of WOMP's (World Order Model's Project) original members who has been a major contributor to the world order debate throughout the past 3 decades
A timely reappraisal of the global political situation at the close of the 20th century which focuses on patterns of North/South and rich/poor domination
Provides a comprehensive vision of the political future, linking broad economic questions to problems of democracy and development
Written as a report and will appeal to a wide audience, including all those who read the Brandt Report, the Brundtland Report, etc.
