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The four phases of society : where are we going in the 21st century? / Peter Peeters.
LIBRA HN17.5 .P42 1998
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Van Pelt Library HN17.5 .P42 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peeters, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social history--1970-.
- Social history.
- Social prediction.
- Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
- Twenty-first century.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 166 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
- Contents:
- 1. The Materialistic Phase 1
- 2. The Religious and Militaristic Phases 13
- 3. Communism as a Rival Third Phase 25
- 4. A Comparison of the Three Phases 33
- 5. Toward the Fourth Phase 45
- 6. The Failure of Materialistic Society 53
- 7. Leave It to the Market? 73
- 8. Inequality within Society 83
- 9. The Struggle for Equality 93
- 10. The Obsolescence of Parliamentary Democracy 103
- 11. The Transformation of Work and Education 117
- 12. The Fourth Phase 133
- Appendix Inequality Dissected 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275961435
- OCLC:
- 37615597
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