Global Change and the Earth System
Global Change and the Earth System

Author: Will Steffen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-29

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 3540266070

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Global Change and the Earth System describes what is known about the Earth system and the impact of changes caused by humans. It considers the consequences of these changes with respect to the stability of the Earth system and the well-being of humankind; as well as exploring future paths towards Earth-system science in support of global sustainability. The results presented here are based on 10 years of research on global change by many of the world's most eminent scholars. This valuable volume achieves a new level of integration and interdisciplinarity in treating global change.

Global System Change
Global System Change

Author: Frank Dixon

Publisher: Global System Change

Published: 2017-02-16

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780998613840

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We the People (united citizens) are the most powerful force in society. But we abdicate our power and authority when we allow vested interests to divide us into conservatives and liberals. In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned that vested interests would use political parties to divide and disempower the people. This prevents us from working together in our massive areas of common interest, such as using the public wealth to equally and fairly benefit all citizens, establishing true democracy and protecting life support systems. Flawed economic and political systems suppress democracy and concentrate public wealth at the top of society. This book describes how to unite and empower citizens under a We the People movement, end unfair taking of the public welfare through corporate welfare, evolve economic and political systems into sustainable forms, and take back control of our government and destiny. The book also describes the highest impact, most advanced form of corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing, a system change-based approach called Total Corporate Responsibility.

WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY-Volume I
WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY-Volume I

Author: George Modelski and Robert A. Denemark

Publisher: EOLSS Publications

Published: 2009-09-19

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1848262183

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World System History is a component of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and Humanities in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on World System History presents the study of the history of the world system. World system history offers an array of tools with which to apprehend the future. This volume discuss the essential aspects such as World-Systems Analysis; Big History; Epistemology of World System History: Long-Term Processes and Cycles; One World System or Many: The Continuity Thesis in World System History; World Population History; States Systems and Universal Empires; The Silk Road: Afro-Eurasian Connectivity Across the Ages; Dark Ages in World System History; The Kondratieff Waves as Global Social Processes; Globalization in Historical Perspective; Emergence of a Global Polity; World Urbanization: The Role of Settlement Systems in Human Social Evolution; Democratization: The World-Wide Spread Of Democracy in The Modern Age; The Rise of Global Public Opinion; East Asia In the World System; Incorporating North America into the Eurasian World-System. This volume is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.

International Relations In A Changing Global System
International Relations In A Changing Global System

Author: Seyom Brown

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-19

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0429974795

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This book expands and deepens the analysis of a new approach to the study of international relations in a changing global system, elaborating the essential characteristics of the anarchic structure of the world polity.

Interdependence and Change in the Global System
Interdependence and Change in the Global System

Author: Tetsunori Koizumi

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780819191335

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This book analyzes, from a multi-disciplinary perspective, what global interdependence means for individuals and societies entangled in the network of complex relationships with others. Contents: Knowledge Acquisition and Human Development; Individual Autonomy and Social Order; Balance and Coherence in Social Development; The World in Transition; Coordination and Harmonization; Cultivating Global Awareness.

The Systems Work of Social Change
The Systems Work of Social Change

Author: Cynthia Rayner

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021-10-12

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 0198857454

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The issues of poverty, inequality, racial injustice, and climate change have never been more pressing or paralyzing. Current approaches to social change, which rely on linear thinking and traditional power dynamics to 'solve' social problems, are not helping. In fact, they may only beentrenching the status quo.Systemic social challenges produce bewildering results when we try to solve them due to their complexity, scale, and depth. While strategies to tackle complexity and scale have received significant attention and investment, challenges that arise from deeply-held beliefs, values, and assumptions thatno longer serve us well have been largely overlooked. This book draws on stories of committed social changemakers to uncover a set of principles and practices for social change that dramatically depart from the industrial approach. Rather than delivering solutions or being lured by grander visionsof 'systems change', these principles and practices focus on the process of change itself. Simple yet profound, these stories distil a timely set of lessons for leaders, scholars, and policymakers on how connection, context, and power sit at the heart of the change process, ensuring broader agencyfor people and communities while building social systems that are responsive in a rapidly-changing world.

Russia in the Changing International System
Russia in the Changing International System

Author: Emel Parlar Dal

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-08-26

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 3030218325

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This volume seeks to explore Russia’s perceptions of the changing international system in the twenty-first century and evaluate the determinants of Russian motives, roles and strategies towards a number of contemporary regional and global issues. The chapters of the volume discuss various aspects of Russian foreign policy with regard to key actors like the U.S., EU and China; international organizations such as the BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Eurasian Economic Union and Collective Security Treaty Organization; and a number of regional conflicts including Ukraine and Syria. The contributors seek to understand how the discourses of “anti-Westernism” and “post-Westernism” are employed in the redefinition of Russia’s relations with the other actors of the international system and how Russia perceives the concept of “regional hegemony,” particularly in the former Soviet space and the Middle East.

Global Capitalism and Climate Change
Global Capitalism and Climate Change

Author: Hans A. Baer

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1666901792

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Now in its second edition, Global Capitalism and Climate Change: The Need for an Alternative World System examines anthropogenic climate change in the context of global capitalism, a political economy that emphasizes profit-making, is committed to on-going economic growth, results in massive social inequality, fosters a treadmill of production and consumption, and is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Looking ahead, Hans A. Baer explores the systemic changes necessary to create a more socially just, democratic, and environmentally sustainable world system capable of moving humanity toward a safer climate. This book is recommended for readers interested in anti-systemic efforts, including eco-anarchism, eco-feminism, the de-growth perspective, Indigenous voices, and the climate justice movement.

Global Environmental Change
Global Environmental Change

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1991-02-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0309044944

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Global environmental change often seems to be the most carefully examined issue of our time. Yet understanding the human sideâ€"human causes of and responses to environmental changeâ€"has not yet received sustained attention. Global Environmental Change offers a strategy for combining the efforts of natural and social scientists to better understand how our actions influence global change and how global change influences us. The volume is accessible to the nonscientist and provides a wide range of examples and case studies. It explores how the attitudes and actions of individuals, governments, and organizations intertwine to leave their mark on the health of the planet. The book focuses on establishing a framework for this new field of study, identifying problems that must be overcome if we are to deepen our understanding of the human dimensions of global change, presenting conclusions and recommendations.

Earth System Science
Earth System Science

Author: Michael Jacobson

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2000-03-08

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 0080530648

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Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested in the emerging scientific discipline.Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that has been rapidly developing over the last two decades. New information is included in this updated edition so that the text remains relevant. This volume contains five new chapters, but of special importance is the inclusion of an expanded set of student exercises.The two senior authors are leading scientists in their fields and have been awarded numerous prizes for their research efforts.* First edition was widely adopted* Authors are highly respected in their field* Global climate change, integral to the book, is now one of the most important issues in atmospheric sciences and oceanography