Planetary Politics
Human Rights, Terror, and Global Society
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Security, International Relations, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Alba Alexander, Ulrich Beck, Carl Boggs, Drucilla Cornell, Irene Gendzier, Sam Gindin, Philip Green, Dick Howard, Micheline Ishay, Kurt Jacobsen, Douglas Kellner, Leo Panitch, Karsten J. Struhl, Michael J. Thompson, Nadia Urbinati, Manfred B. Steger, David Held, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Durham University | ISBN: | 9781461640936 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | January 20, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alba Alexander, Ulrich Beck, Carl Boggs, Drucilla Cornell, Irene Gendzier, Sam Gindin, Philip Green, Dick Howard, Micheline Ishay, Kurt Jacobsen, Douglas Kellner, Leo Panitch, Karsten J. Struhl, Michael J. Thompson, Nadia Urbinati, Manfred B. Steger, David Held, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Durham University |
| ISBN: | 9781461640936 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | January 20, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market. But Planetary Politics highlights something unique. It explores globalization with an eye on the transformation of politics into a planetary enterprise. Unifying this collection is a political purpose: the attempt to engage in progressive fashion the dominant trends, the terrible excesses, and the positive prospects in a decidedly new era marked by the transition from a corrosive interplay between nation-states to a burgeoning planetary politics. Bringing together the work of major scholars with national and international reputations, this exciting new work offers perspectives for dealing with the complexity of power in the planetary life of the new millennium.
Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market. But Planetary Politics highlights something unique. It explores globalization with an eye on the transformation of politics into a planetary enterprise. Unifying this collection is a political purpose: the attempt to engage in progressive fashion the dominant trends, the terrible excesses, and the positive prospects in a decidedly new era marked by the transition from a corrosive interplay between nation-states to a burgeoning planetary politics. Bringing together the work of major scholars with national and international reputations, this exciting new work offers perspectives for dealing with the complexity of power in the planetary life of the new millennium.
