The planetary interest : a new concept for the global age / Kennedy Graham, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Graham, Kennedy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Security, International.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Press, 1999.

Summary:

This text suggests that contemporary political and institutional arrangements for problem-solving, based on sovereignty as a principle and the nation-state as a decision-making unit, are not equipped to handle such problems and that concepts and methods of decision-making are therefore needed to augment existing ones in dealing with the challenges of the 21st-century.; Kennedy Graham argues that, henceforth, the planet and humanity must be considered as a single-entity for decsion making purposes. He introduces and develops the idea of the planetary interest as a vital conceptual tool to assis

Contents:

Cover; The planetary interest: A new concept for the global age; Copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on authors; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Foreword; Preface; PART ONE Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The planetary interest; CHAPTER TWO Legitimacy in twenty-first century politics; CHAPTER THREE The legitimate national interest and legitimate global power; PART TWO The vital planetary interest and the legitimate national interest; SECTION I Global strategic security; CHAPTER FOUR Nuclear disarmament; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 New Zealand; 4.3 The Russian Federation

CHAPTER FIVE Chemical and biological disarmament5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Jordan; 5.3 Israel; SECTION II Global environmental integrity; CHAPTER SIX Ozone protection; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Argentina; 6.3 Japan; CHAPTER SEVEN Climate stabilization; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Maldives; 7.3 China; SECTION III Global sustainability; CHAPTER EIGHT Population stabilization; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 India; 8.3 Australia; CHAPTER NINE Development; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Bangladesh; 9.3 Kenya; CHAPTER TEN Forest management; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Indonesia; 10.3 Brazil; CHAPTER ELEVEN Consumption

11.1 Introduction11.2 United States; 11.3 Sweden; PART THREE The vital planetary interest and legitimate global power; CHAPTER TWELVE Global powers: Earth's planetary interest; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Global and regional powers: Europe's regional interest; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Global and national powers: Britain's national interest; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Global and local powers: Rome's municipal interest; PART FOUR Conclusion; CHAPTER SIXTEEN The planetary interest: thoughts for the future; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-281) and index.

ISBN:

0-203-21409-9

1-280-10452-X

9786610104529

9780203214091

OCLC:

808014129