CIVILIZATION'S CRISIS - A SET OF LINKED CHALLENGES

Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; (4) intolerable economic inequality; (5) the threat of nuclear war; (6) the military-industrial complex; and (7) limits to growth. These problems are closely interlinked, and their possible solutions are discussed in this book.

Product details

• Authors: John Avery, John Scales Avery, John Scales Avery
• Publisher: World Scientific
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9789813222458
• ISBN: 978-981-3222-45-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 600 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries