TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scudder,Thayer
ED  - Edward Elgar Publishing.
TI  - Global threats, global futures: living with declining living standards 
SN  - 9781849805575 (e-book)
AV  - HD6978 .S38 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cheltenham, U.K.
PB  - Edward Elgar Pub.
KW  - Cost and standard of living
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-275) and index; 1. The threat of global poverty -- 2. The threat of fundamentalism -- 3. The threat of environmental degradation -- 4. United States -- 5. People's Republic of China -- 6. Zambia -- 7. Transforming global societies
N2  - Global threats can be expected to cause a global environmental crisis and declining living standards for most people. Threats analyzed include poverty, cultural, economic, political and religious fundamentalism, consumption, population increase and degradation of the global ecosystem. Chapters on the United States, China and Zambia illustrate difficulties that high, middle and low income countries face in addressing such threats. The final chapter examines the type of transformational change required just to reduce the rate and magnitude of future decline
UR  - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848448476.xml
ER  -