Globalization and politics : promises and dangers /
Lane, Jan-Erik.
Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
c2006.
Includes bibliography and index.
The optimistic and pessimistic view on global energy -- Environmental degradation and environmentalism -- Implementing human rights and global rule of law -- Diversity of civilisations -- Coordination of the global market economy -- Protecting the global environment -- Coordination among states: from sovereignty to reciprocity -- Power in international organization -- The regionalization of government: a comparison of regional groups of states -- Mankind and the world community: relevance of universalism -- Could mankind extinguish itself? -- A Hollywood planet: a neo-Veblen world?
Globalization.