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A World in Crisis
R. J. Johnston (Edited by), Johnston (Author), Peter J. Taylor (Edited by)
9780631162711, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 29 September 1989
382 pages
25 x 20 x 1.5 cm, 0.68 kg
The 1970's witnessed widespread recognition of the world as a single, interconnecting whole. The 1980's have shown that this whole is not operating as a self-sustaining system. In short we appear to live in a world in crisis- manifesting itself in hunger, poverty, debt, conflict, statelessness and war, as well as in the accelerating degradation of the natural environment. The geographical perspectives of World in Crisis? - in this completely revised and updated edition - show the interlinking nature of global, regional, and local problems and, further, that these are not uniquely economic, ecological, political or social, but all these and more.
Preface viii Preface to the Second Edition x 1 Introduction: A World in Crisis? 1 2 The Geography of International Economic Disorder 16 3 Draining the World of Energy 79 4 Food Production and Distribution - and Hunger 101 5 The Use of Natural Resources in Developing and Developed Countries 125 6 Malthus, Marx and Population Crises 151 7 World Capitalism and the Destruction of Regional Cultures 175 8 The Individual and the World-Economy 200 9 The Question of National Congruence 229 10 The New Geopolitics: The Dynamics of Geopolitical Disorder 266 11 World-Power Competition and Local Conflicts in the Third World 289 12 The World-Systems Project 333 13 Epilogue: Our Planet is Big Enough for Peace but Too Small for War 355 List of Contributors 358 Index 361
Subject Areas: Geography [RG]
