Planetary Politics: Human Rights, Terror, and Global Society Contributor(s): Bronner, Stephen Eric (Editor), Alexander, Alba (Contribution by), Beck, Ulrich (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0742541983 ISBN-13: 9780742541986 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market. But Planetary Politics highlights something unique. It explores globalization with an eye on the transformation of politics into a planetary enterprise. Bringing together the work of major scholars with national and international reputations, this exciting new work offers perspectives for dealing with the complexity of power in the planetary life of the new millennium. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Terrorism |
Dewey: 327 |
LCCN: 2004017766 |
Series: Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture |
Physical Information: 248 pages |
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Publisher Description: Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market. But Planetary Politics highlights something unique. It explores globalization with an eye on the transformation of politics into a planetary enterprise. Unifying this collection is a political purpose: the attempt to engage in progressive fashion the dominant trends, the terrible excesses, and the positive prospects in a decidedly new era marked by the transition from a corrosive interplay between nation-states to a burgeoning planetary politics. Bringing together the work of major scholars with national and international reputations, this exciting new work offers perspectives for dealing with the complexity of power in the planetary life of the new millennium. |