Prospects and Ambiguities of Globalization: Critical Assessments at a Time of Growing Turmoil - Couverture rigide

Skillen, James W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0739126695 ISBN 13 : 9780739126691

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2009

Synopsis

Assumptions and institutions that we have taken for granted for fifty years are proving inadequate for the world now emerging. Moreover, mono-casual explanations of rapid global change do not work. Religious as well as economic dynamics, cultural as well as political forces, environmental as well as military constraints, are frequently working at cross-purposes in shaping a globe we cannot yet fathom.

The essays in this volume reach beyond the mere description of phenomena to explore deeper currents of institutional breakdown and competing cultural drives that are radically reshaping our world. Covering topics ranging from the New Silk Road to changes in school governance around the world, the authors offer a critical, historically-informed assessment of the diverse dynamics that are undermining or nullifying current paradigms of thought and action. Drawing on their diverse backgrounds in economics, international affairs, ethics, history, education, and religion, the authors share the conviction that long-standing assumptions about a state-centered, secular-tending, economically converging world are in large measure mistaken. A paradigm shift is required if we are to understand and constructively shape the twenty-first century world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James W. Skillen is president of the Center for Public Justice, Washington D.C.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739126695
• ISBN 13: 9780739126691
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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