Description
Book SynopsisFocuses on global structures that are producing 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.
Trade Review"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."
Ismat Kittani, Special adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations "This book makes a worthwhile contribution to the growing number of loosely linked neo-idealist texts produced since the end of the Cold War." Political Studies
Table of ContentsPreface.
Introduction.
1. From Geopolitics to Humane Governance: A Necessary Journey.
2. A Triple Indictment of Inhumane Governance.
3. Sovereignty: A Twisting Path from Modernism.
4. The Democratizing Imperative.
5. Security for Humane Governance.
6. The Stuggle Against Globalization from Above.
7. In Pursuit of Humane Governance: Building Hope in the Coming Era of Geogovernance.
8. The Essential Vision: A Normative Project to Achieve Humane Governance.
Notes.
Select Bibliography.
Index.
