Who rules the world? / / guest editor, Professor Dennis R. Morgan

• Pubblicazione: [Bradford, West Yorkshire, England] : , : Emerald, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (141 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3
• Soggetto topico: Power (Social sciences); Social responsibility of business
• Persona (resp. second.): MorganDennis R.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Who runs the world? The subconscious*; Who rules the world? An introduction; Six treatments of global ruling power/ governance and prospects for the future: an overview*; Transforming global governance: images of futures from people on the periphery; Alternative futures of global governance: scenarios and perspectives from the Global South; Bow down all 7 billion: the compressed spheres of global governance; The end of democracy as we knew it; Globalization, technology and the transnational capitalist class; We rule the world: an emerging global class fraction? ; When battle and duplicity determine powerErrata
• Sommario/riassunto: Who rules the world? Is there an identifiable global ruling power? If so, is this global rulingpower derived from the will and consent of the billions of people that inhabit this planet? If not, then from what source is this power derived? On the other hand, if there is no identifiable globalruling power, as many assume, then are the people of this world free to chart their collective future? If not, why not? To what degree does the autonomous nature of the technological societydetermine the future of humanity? Is it possible to realize global democracy and sustainability? If so, then how can
• Titolo autorizzato: Who rules the world
• ISBN: 1-78560-153-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797129303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: foresight: Volume 17, Issue 2