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The World at 2000

Perils and Promises

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  1. Fred Halliday
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    • A broadranging overview and assessment of key issues in world politics at the turn of the millennium
    • Lively and erudite and a penetrating critique of conventional mythology of all varieties about the world today
    • Written by a leading figure in the study of International Relations and prominent media commentator on international affairs
    • Halliday's books sell worldwide both to students and to a wider readership

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. A World in Transition

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Shadow of the Twentieth Century

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 19-29

  4. Arguments about World Politics

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 30-45

  5. The Recurrence of War

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 46-59

  6. Globalization and its Discontents

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 60-74

  7. The Fragility of Democracy

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 75-89

  8. The Unaccountable Hegemon

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 90-109

  9. Delusions of Difference

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 110-124

  10. Governance Beyond Frontiers

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 125-138

  11. For a Radical Universalism

    • Fred Halliday
    Pages 139-157

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 158-170
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About this book

Beneath the millennial shine of political optimism and technological advance lurk a set of deep uncertainties: global inequality is growing; weapons of mass destruction are spreading; strident assertions of identity divide peoples and states; overall, there is a marked lack of effective co-ordination and reduced confidence in the power of people, ideas and democratic processes to achieve change. This important book by a leading observer of International Relations provides a critical but cautiously optimistic assessment of the state and prospects of the world at 2000.
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About the author

FRED HALLIDAY is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and author of many books including Rethinking International Relations and Revolution and World Politics. A leading authority on superpower relations, development issues, the Middle East and IR theory he is a prolific lecturer and broadcaster.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The World at 2000

  • Book Subtitle: Perils and Promises

  • Authors: Fred Halliday

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-333-99427-6

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2001

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 170

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Globalization

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