The Planetary Interest [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783957603321
• Autore: Graham Kennedy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
• ISBN: 0-203-21409-9; 1-280-10452-X; 9786610104529
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GrahamKennedy
• Disciplina: 327; 333.7
• Soggetti: 1989-; Cooperation; International cooperation; International relations; Security, International; World politics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The planetary interest: A new concept for the global age; Copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on authors; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Foreword; Preface; PART ONE Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The planetary interest; CHAPTER TWO Legitimacy in twenty-first century politics; CHAPTER THREE The legitimate national interest and legitimate global power; PART TWO The vital planetary interest and the legitimate national interest; SECTION I Global strategic security; CHAPTER FOUR Nuclear disarmament; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 New Zealand; 4.3 The Russian Federation; CHAPTER FIVE Chemical and biological disarmament5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Jordan; 5.3 Israel; SECTION II Global environmental integrity; CHAPTER SIX Ozone protection; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Argentina; 6.3 Japan; CHAPTER SEVEN Climate stabilization; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Maldives; 7.3 China; SECTION III Global sustainability; CHAPTER EIGHT Population stabilization; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 India; 8.3 Australia; ; CHAPTER NINE Development; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Bangladesh; 9.3 Kenya; CHAPTER TEN Forest management; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Indonesia; 10.3 Brazil; CHAPTER ELEVEN Consumption; 11.1 Introduction11.2 United States; 11.3 Sweden; PART THREE The vital planetary interest and legitimate global power; CHAPTER TWELVE Global powers: Earth's planetary interest; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Global and regional powers: Europe's regional interest; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Global and national powers: Britain's national interest; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Global and local powers: Rome's municipal interest; PART FOUR Conclusion; CHAPTER SIXTEEN The planetary interest: thoughts for the future; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text suggests that contemporary political and institutional arrangements for problem-solving, based on sovereignty as a principle and the nation-state as a decision-making unit, are not equipped to handle such problems and that concepts and methods of decision-making are therefore needed to augment existing ones in dealing with the challenges of the 21st-century.; Kennedy Graham argues that, henceforth, the planet and humanity must be considered as a single-entity for decsion making purposes. He introduces and develops the idea of the planetary interest as a vital conceptual tool to assis