ABSTRACT
This text is designed to provide students with a solid theoretical and methodological base for understanding how the present international system works, how that system is likely to evolve given current world trends, and what realistically can be done to alleviate the most serious global problems. Part 1 develops a world order perspective by examin
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|206 pages
A World Order Perspective
section Section 1|42 pages
Voices of the Oppressed
section Section 2|85 pages
The Sovereign State and the World System
section Section 3|76 pages
Approaches to World Order
part Two|280 pages
Analysis of World Order Values
section Section 4|70 pages
Peace
section Section 5|75 pages
Economic Well-Being
section Section 6|70 pages
Social Justice
section Section 7|62 pages
Ecological Balance
part Three|156 pages
Toward Just Worlds
section Section 8|60 pages
Alternative Images of the Future
section Section 9|94 pages
Orientations to Transition