Future Positive
International Co-operation in the 21st Century
1st Edition
Published on 17. June 2013
304 pages
978-1-136-56512-0 (ISBN)
Description
An optimistic assessment of the prospects for a new international order - acting as a counter-blast to global pessimism. The text explains how the international system operates, the pressures it faces and the changes it must undergo, and offers concrete ideas to re-frame international relations, foreign aid and humanitarian intervention, without using jargon or simplistic judgements.
Reviews / Votes
Edwards' Future Positive is a remarkably coherent account of complex and diverse issues.'London Review of Books
'This courageous book pursues the biggest issue of all: how international co-operation can be raised to a higher level. The pursuit is full of intellectual excitement, arriving at conclusions that are inspiring and challenging.'
John Toye, UNCTAD
'Edwards approaches problems facing the world with steady determination and a cool eye... He is remarkably persuasive, wise and extraordinarily well-informed.'
Global Ideas Bank
'It is particularly refreshing to read a book which sets out how such changes might be achieved, and which is fundamentally optimistic that they can be.'
David Bryer, Director, Oxfam.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-136-56512-0 (9781136565120)
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Person
Michael Edwards is the Director of the Ford Foundation's Governance and Civil Society Unit in New York.
Content
Introduction: the Co-operative Imperative * Part One: Looking Back - 1945 and All That: a Brief History of International Co-operation * How do Countries Grow? It's the Polity, Stupid! * It's not Size that Matters: Development Projects Re-examined * Matters of Life and Death: the Record of Humanitarian Intervention * Summary: Sticks, Carrots and Room to Manoeuvre * Part Two: Looking Forward - Creativity plus Opportunity: a New Formula for Foreign Aid * Humanising Capitalism: Which Way Forward? * Light but Firm: the Future of Global Governance * Building Constituencies for Change: the Rise and Fall of Third-World Charity * The Getting of Wisdom: Institutional Reform and Personal Revolution * Conclusions: How Can I Help? * References and Notes * Index
