| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 545 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The world today is facing unprecedented challenges of governance far beyond what the United Nations, established more than 70 years ago, was designed to face. The grave effects of global climate change are already manifesting themselves, requiring rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society if we are to arrest catastrophic and probably irreversible consequences. Science has uncovered the frightening and rapid collapse in global biodiversity, threatening ecosystems across the planet that maintain the correct functioning of the biosphere, upon which we rely for survival. But there is more; there are other global catastrophic risks. We live in a world in which a diminished faith in our political leaders and governmental structures, public disillusionment with partisan politics and a willingness to believe populist promises, disturbing trends in income inequality, human rights violations and the spread of corruption have coincided with the rise of autocratic leaders, often intent on awakening the voices of nationalisms which have been so destructive during the 20th century. The rejection by some nations of the benefits of multilaterism and international cooperation, which have been at the center of the postwar global order, has heightened the risks of fundamental instabilities that could precipitate a range of major crises, disregarding the lessons of the past"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 31, 2020). |
| Local Note |
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Open Access Books |
| Subject |
International cooperation.
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International cooperation. (OCoLC)fst00976857
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| Added Author |
Dahl, Arthur L., author.
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Groff, Maja, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dahl, Arthur L.. Global governance and the emergence of global institutions for the 21st century United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2020] 9781108476966 (DLC) 2019040768 |
| ISBN |
9781108569293 electronic book |
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1108569293 electronic book |
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9781108476966 hardcover |
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9781108701808 paperback |
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