Who rules the world? / guest editor, Professor Dennis R. Morgan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morgan, Dennis R., editor.

Series:

foresight: Volume 17, Issue 2

Foresight, 1463-6689 ; Volume 17 Number 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences).

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, West Yorkshire, England] : Emerald, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who rules the world? Is there an identifiable global ruling power? If so, is this global rulingpower derived from the will and consent of the billions of people that inhabit this planet? If not, then from what source is this power derived? On the other hand, if there is no identifiable globalruling power, as many assume, then are the people of this world free to chart their collective future? If not, why not? To what degree does the autonomous nature of the technological societydetermine the future of humanity? Is it possible to realize global democracy and sustainability? If so, then how can

Contents:

Cover; Who runs the world? The subconscious*; Who rules the world? An introduction; Six treatments of global ruling power/ governance and prospects for the future: an overview*; Transforming global governance: images of futures from people on the periphery; Alternative futures of global governance: scenarios and perspectives from the Global South; Bow down all 7 billion: the compressed spheres of global governance; The end of democracy as we knew it; Globalization, technology and the transnational capitalist class; We rule the world: an emerging global class fraction?

When battle and duplicity determine powerErrata

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed June 15, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78560-153-9

OCLC:

910448051