Which world? : scenarios for the 21st Century /

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Author / Creator:Hammond, Allen L.
Imprint:Washington, DC : Island Press, c1998.
Description:xiv, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3670926
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ISBN:1559635754 (cloth)
Notes:"Global destinies, regional choices."
"Shearwater books."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-292) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Looking Ahead. Ch. 1. Thinking About the Future. Ch. 2. The Power of Scenarios
  • Pt. II. Three World Views. Ch. 3. Market World: A New Golden Age of Prosperity? Ch. 4. Fortress World: Instability and Violence? Ch. 5. Transformed World: Changing the Human Endeavor?
  • Pt. III. Trends That Shape Our Future. Ch. 6. Critical Trends: Demographic, Economic, and Technological. Ch. 7. Critical Environmental Trends. Ch. 8. Critical Security Trends. Ch. 9. Critical Social and Political Trends
  • Pt. IV. Regional Choices. Ch. 10. Latin America: Equitable Growth or Instability? Ch. 11. China and Southeast Asia: Can the Asian Miracle Continue? Ch. 12. India: A Second Independence? Ch. 13. Sub-Saharan Africa: Transformation or Tragedy? Ch. 14. North Africa and the Middle East: Autocracy Forever? Ch. 15. Russia and Eastern Europe: Transition to What? Ch. 16. North America, Europe, and Japan: Leadership or Stagnation?
  • Pt. V. Global Destinies. Ch. 17. Choosing Our Future. Which World? On-line: A HyperForum on the Future
  • App. Regions and Projections: The Details.