| The World at 2000 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Halliday, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333945352 ISBN-13: 9780333945353 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2001 Annotation: Beneath the millennial shine of political optimism and technological advance lurk a set of deepuncertainties: global inequality is growing; weapons of mass destruction are spreading; strident assertions of identity divide peoples and states. Overall, there is a marked lack of effective coordination and reduced confidence in the power of people, ideas and democratic processes to achieve change. This important book by a leading observer of international relations provides acritical but cautiously optimistic assessment of the state and prospects of the world at 2000. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Future Studies - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Globalization |
| Dewey: 909.83 |
| LCCN: 00062604 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.49" W x 8.48" (0.51 lbs) 170 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beneath the millennial shine of political optimism and technological advance lurk a set of deepuncertainties: global inequality is growing; weapons of mass destruction are spreading; strident assertions of identity divide peoples and states. Overall, there is a marked lack of effective coordination and reduced confidence in the power of people, ideas and democratic processes to achieve change. This important book by a leading observer of international relations provides acritical but cautiously optimistic assessment of the state and prospects of the world at 2000. |