{"product_id":"on-humane-governance-toward-a-new-global-politics-paperback-softback-9780745612287","title":"On Humane Governance; Toward a New Global Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745612287","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn Humane Governance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eToward a New Global Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Falk (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745612287, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 October 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"With impressive sweep, Professor Falk provides a lucid account of late twentieth-century international trends and what he sees as the state-centric and market-driven orientation of global governance. He is cogently critical of the human and environmental impact of prevailing geopolitical forces. Fearful about losing the opportunity to reshape world order presented by teh end of the cold War, he calls for a more 'humane governence' ... an engaging contribution to the debate on the future of a global order.\" \u003ci\u003eIsmat Kittani, Special adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book makes a worthwhile contribution to the growing number of loosely linked neo-idealist texts produced since the end of the Cold War.\" \u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. From Geopolitics to Humane Governance: A Necessary Journey.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. A Triple Indictment of Inhumane Governance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Sovereignty: A Twisting Path from Modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Democratizing Imperative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Security for Humane Governance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Stuggle Against Globalization from Above.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. In Pursuit of Humane Governance: Building Hope in the Coming Era of Geogovernance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Essential Vision: A Normative Project to Achieve Humane Governance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406536438040,"sku":"9780745612287","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-humane-governance-toward-a-new-global-politics-paperback-softback-9780745612287","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}