(Re)imagining humane global governance / Richard Falk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falk, Richard, author.

Series:

Global horizons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

International organization--Moral and ethical aspects.

International organization.

International cooperation--Moral and ethical aspects.

International cooperation.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 pages; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"In this important and path-breaking book, esteemed scholar and public intellectual Richard Falk explores how we can re-imagine the system of global governance to make it more ethical and humane"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I General contours

1.(Re)imagining humane global governance

2.Nonviolent geopolitics

3.Toward humane global governance: rhetoric, desire and imaginaries

4.Appropriating normative geopolitics

5.The future of international law

pt. II The global imperative

6.Climate change and nuclear weapons

7.9/11 & 9/12 + 10 = the United States, al Qaeda, and the world

8.The promise and perils of global democracy

9.Illusions and metaphors of UN reform

pt. III Beyond politics

10.Anarchism without `anarchism': searching for progressive politics

11.How to live together well on planet Earth: interrogating the Israel-Palestine conflict

12.Shall we revive the World Order Models Project (WOMP)? Exploring horizons of desire in the early twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415815567

0415815568

9780415815574

0415815576

OCLC:

848393034