Global threats, global futures [electronic resource] : living with declining living standards / Thayer Scudder.

By: Scudder, ThayerContributor(s): Edward Elgar PublishingMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2010Description: 1 online resource (vii, 292 p.) : illISBN: 9781849805575 (e-book)Subject(s): Cost and standard of living | Cost and standard of living -- Moral and ethical aspects | Economic developmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleLOC classification: HD6978 | .S38 2010Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1. The threat of global poverty -- 2. The threat of fundamentalism -- 3. The threat of environmental degradation -- 4. United States -- 5. People's Republic of China -- 6. Zambia -- 7. Transforming global societies.
Summary: Global threats can be expected to cause a global environmental crisis and declining living standards for most people. Threats analyzed include poverty, cultural, economic, political and religious fundamentalism, consumption, population increase and degradation of the global ecosystem. Chapters on the United States, China and Zambia illustrate difficulties that high, middle and low income countries face in addressing such threats. The final chapter examines the type of transformational change required just to reduce the rate and magnitude of future decline.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-275) and index.

1. The threat of global poverty -- 2. The threat of fundamentalism -- 3. The threat of environmental degradation -- 4. United States -- 5. People's Republic of China -- 6. Zambia -- 7. Transforming global societies.

Global threats can be expected to cause a global environmental crisis and declining living standards for most people. Threats analyzed include poverty, cultural, economic, political and religious fundamentalism, consumption, population increase and degradation of the global ecosystem. Chapters on the United States, China and Zambia illustrate difficulties that high, middle and low income countries face in addressing such threats. The final chapter examines the type of transformational change required just to reduce the rate and magnitude of future decline.

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