Sustainable development in a globalized world :

Hettne, Bj�rn

Sustainable development in a globalized world : studies in development, security and culture. Vol 1 / edited by Bj�rn Hettne. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. - xl, 294 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword; D.Br�ndstr�m & F.Lundmark -- Preface: Development, Security and Culture; B.Hettne -- Introduction; B.Hettne -- Development Discourses in History; B.Hettne -- Reinventing Europe: A Cosmopolitan Vision; U.Beck -- The Precarious Sustainability of Democracy in Latin America; O.Sunkel -- Towards a New School of Thought on Development in South Asia; P.Wignaraja -- Environmental Load Displacement in World History; A.Hornborg -- Child Malnutrition. From the Global Protein Crisis to a Violation of Human Rights; U.Jonsson -- Culture and Human Rights: It is the 'How' and not the 'Why' and 'What'; T.Obaid -- Words as Moral Badges: A Flow of Buzzwords in Development Aid; G.Dahl -- Civil Society, Faith-Based Organisations and Development in the Arab World; S.Eddin Ibrahim -- The Cultural Dimension of Gender in Education; P.Mlama -- Environmental Load Displacement in World History; A.Hornborg -- Reinventing Europe. A Cosmopolitan Vision; U.Beck -- Islam and Cosmopolitanism; J.N.Pieterse -- Place and Voice in the Global Age; E.Rodriguez Larreta Conclusion; B.Hettne

The result of major research on development, security and culture, this collection, and second volume Sustainable Development in a Globalized World, outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. It considers social relations and the need for intercultural dialogue to respect 'the other'.

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Economic development.
Social planning.
Social policy.
Sustainable development.

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