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Myth and reality in international politics : (Record no. 28715)

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781612055671
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 327.101
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Authors Wilkenfeld, Jonathan
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Myth and reality in international politics :
Subtitle meeting global challenges through collective action
Statement of responsibility, etc Jonathan Wilkenfeld
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York, NY :
Publisher Routledge,
Date c2016.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 180 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 24 cm.
SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement International studies intensives
GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-173) and index.
GENERAL NOTE
General note Publisher Synopsis:"In his groundbreaking new book, Wilkenfeld brings the research and policy communities together to confront critical global challenges. In addressing climate change, underdevelopment, conflict, and instability, he implores our national leaders to undertake bold steps in a newly collaborative, intentional, and systematic approach. The book offers a blueprint for increased leadership responsibility, clarity of mission, and empowerment of states and individuals. It suggests a way to transform lofty but often vague agendas into concrete, measurable progress."-Henry Waxman, former U.S. Representative (D-CA) "Jonathan Wilkenfeld, one of the leading scholars in international relations over a period of forty years, has written an extremely important, timely, and thought-provoking book. This work provides a perceptive grasp of the key challenges that face the global community in the coming era; it decouples some of the more prevalent myths of how global turmoil can be managed or mitigated; and it offers an insightful and inspiring vision of how we can effectively confront these global challenges. A key message of this book is that, even if we do not feel immediately affected by such issues as continued domestic instability, underdevelopment and inequality, or climate change, these challenges will come back to bite us if we do not take collective action to confront them head on. This is a must read for students, scholars, practitioners of world politics, as well as by people who care about the future of this planet."-Zeev Maoz, University of California, Davis
CONTENTS
Contents Introduction: Dramatic Gains and Daunting Challenges Chapter 1 Conflict Chapter 2 Ethnic Diversity Chapter 3 Instability, Democracy, and Regime Consistency Chapter 4 Development Chapter 5 Climate Change Conclusion: Global Challenges to Human Security in the Twenty-First Century
SUMMARY
Summary Recent generations have experienced dramatic improvements in the quality of human life across the globe. Wars between states are fought less frequently, and are less lethal. Food is more plentiful and more easily accessed. In most parts of the world, birthrates are down and life expectancy up. Significantly fewer people live in extreme poverty, relative to the overall population. Statistics would argue that the human race has never before flourished as it has in this moment.And yet, even with this progress, we face a number of seemingly intractable challenges to the welfare of both states and individuals, including* Governmental instability undermining the lives of citizens, both within and beyond their borders;* Persistent and recurring intrastate conflict due to ineffective conflict management strategies;* Marginally successful development efforts and growing income inequality, both within and between nations, as a result of uncoordinated and ineffective global development strategies;* Internecine conflict in multi-ethnic societies, manifested by exclusion, discrimination, and ultimately violence, the inevitable consequence of an insufficient focus on managing the inherent tensions in diverse societies; and* Global climate change with the possibility of catastrophic long-term consequences, following an inability to effectively come to terms with and respond to the impact of human activity on our environment.These challenges require a newly collaborative, intentional, and systematic approach. This book offers a blueprint for how to get there, calling for increased leadership responsibility, clarity of mission, and empowerment of states and individuals. It is designed to transform lofty but often vague agendas into concrete, measurable progress. It believes in the capacity of humanity to rise to the occasion, to come together to address these increasingly critical global problems, and offers one way forward.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading International cooperation
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Topical Heading Conflict management
General International cooperation
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Topical Heading Human security
General International cooperation
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Topical Heading Ethnic relations
General International cooperation
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Topical Heading Democratization
General International cooperation
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Topical Heading Economic development
General International cooperation
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Topical Heading Climatic changes
General International cooperation
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Topical Heading World politics
Chronological 21st century
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier https://uowd.box.com/s/jerwjayfvbdml9hflh5ogbhly3afuzy9
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Holdings
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        University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 2016-02-21 AMAUK 327.101 WI MY T0053892 2017-01-26 90.00 2017-01-26 REGULAR

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