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Ahmed Nafeez Mosaddeq |
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A user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it / / Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed |
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London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press |
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New York, : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-84964-791-7 |
1-84964-558-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social change |
Crises |
Civilization, Modern - 21st century |
East and West |
Crisis management |
Human ecology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- BETWEEN DANGER AND HOPE -- THE INVISIBLE CRISIS -- THE FAILURE OF CIVIL SOCIETY -- THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVILIZATION -- THE CORE ARGUMENT -- STRUCTURE OF ARGUMENT -- 1. Climate Catastrophe -- A DEBATE RESOLVED? CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGE IS UNEQUIVOCALLY ANTHROPOGENIC -- NATIONAL SECURITY ALERT -- RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE -- ABRUPT CHANGE THROUGH 'TIPPING POINTS' -- A SYSTEMIC FAILURE -- 2. Energy Scarcity -- ENERGY AND SOCIETY -- QUICK ALTERNATIVES TO CONVENTIONAL OIL? -- 3. Food Insecurity -- THE GLOBAL FOOD EMPIRE -- PEAK FOOD? -- 4. Economic Instability -- THE PROBLEM OF 'GROWTH' -- GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS -- 5. International Terrorism -- HYDROCARBON OVER-DEPENDENCE -- AL-QAEDA AND POST-COLD WAR WESTERN COVERT OPERATIONS -- THE 'REDIRECTION': AL-QAEDA SPONSORSHIP IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER 2003 -- 6. The Militarization Tendency -- EMPIRE -- |
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