
International Futures
Choices in the Face of Uncertainty
Barry B. Hughes(Author)
Westview Press Inc
3rd Edition
Published on 13. August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-0-8133-6841-2 (ISBN)
Description
Fully updated and including an expanded and extensive Windows computer simulation, this unique text/disk combination provides a survey of alternative futures in international relations. By manipulating a wide range of variables in major countries and geographical regions students can generate a limitless number of future scenarios in the areas of demographics, food, energy, the environment, economics, and sociopolitical systems. This edition has added capability for display of data and forecasts, has introduced extensive historical data and analysis capability, has extended the time horizon of forecasts, and has extensively expanded the Help system of the model. Complete with tables, flowcharts, feedback loops, computer notes, and research suggestions, the text and simulation allows students to transcend the usual level of speculation about the future by moving to an empirically grounded, values-based consideration of issues, strategies, and outcomes. This edition places a special emphasis on the environemnt, which has emerged as one of the most important areas in international relations.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-6841-2 (9780813368412)
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International Futures
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International Futures
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Previous edition
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08/1996
2nd Edition
Westview Press Inc
€57.19
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Person
Barry B. Hughes is professor of international relations in the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver, and vice provost of graduate studies. He has written numerous articles and books, including World Futures (1985) and Continuity and Change in World Politics (2000).
Content
* Action in the Face of Uncertainty * Global Change * Using IFs to Investigate Change * Causal Understandings and Scenarios * Population * Economics * Food and Agriculture * Energy * The Environment * Domestic Social and Political Systems * The Global Sociopolitical System * Preferred Futures