Sustainable development in a globalized world

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Sustainable development in a globalized world

edited by Björn Hettne

(Studies in development, security and culture / edited by Björn Hettne, v. 1)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The outcome of a major research project on development, security and culture, this collection along with a second volume Human Values and Global Governance , outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. It focuses on the problem of development in the context of the globalized condition.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • D.Brandstroem & F.Lundmark Preface: Development, Security and Culture
  • B.Hettne Introduction
  • B.Hettne Development Discourses in History
  • B.Hettne Reinventing Europe: A Cosmopolitan Vision
  • U.Beck The Precarious Sustainability of Democracy in Latin America
  • O.Sunkel Towards a New School of Thought on Development in South Asia
  • P.Wignaraja Environmental Load Displacement in World History
  • A.Hornborg Child Malnutrition. From the Global Protein Crisis to a Violation of Human Rights
  • U.Jonsson Culture and Human Rights: It is the 'How' and not the 'Why' and 'What'
  • T.Obaid Words as Moral Badges: A Flow of Buzzwords in Development Aid
  • G.Dahl Civil Society, Faith-Based Organisations and Development in the Arab World
  • S.Eddin Ibrahim The Cultural Dimension of Gender in Education
  • P.Mlama Environmental Load Displacement in World History
  • A.Hornborg Reinventing Europe. A Cosmopolitan Vision
  • U.Beck Islam and Cosmopolitanism
  • J.N.Pieterse Place and Voice in the Global Age
  • E.Rodriguez Larreta Conclusion
  • B.Hettne

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