Globalization - The Juggernaut of the 21st Century

Contents: Preface; Introduction: the challenges of globalization, world capitalism and the global open society; Part 1 Rejecting the Cornucopian View: Resilience is better than anticipation: Wildavsky was both right and wrong; The energy-environment conundrum: why Hubbert's pessimism is grounded. Part 2 March of the Juggernaut: World capitalism and unsustainable lifestyles: Veblen is still relevant today; The Asian miracle: perhaps Lipset was wrong about affluence producing democracy or perhaps Gerschenkron might have predicted correctly; Globalization ripping poor states apart: why Hobbes may have been just about right. Part 3 Coordination Hopes: Logic of international coordination: the Wicksell approach to political cooperation among states; Balassa, regional organization and economic convergence in the EU club of states; Global rule of law? Kelsen was contradictory about the nature of public international law. Part 4 Fundamentalism and the Global Open Society: Epistemology for a global open society: Popper and Derrida endorsing a critical society; Human values in the global open society: Weber and Habermas on respect for the values of diversity; The problem of religious fundamentalism: why no Spinoza in the Arab culture despite Averroes?; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

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• Filosofia social e política
• Globalização
• Relações internacionais