Overview
Globalization involves structural changes in forms of state, society and culture, ecology and political economy and in ethics and expectations. In this collection, globalization and multilateralism are linked to questions of epistemology, ontology, and strategy. Epistemology entails critical questioning of the nature of knowledge and its foundations. Ontology concerns the significant factors in global political economy. Strategy involves how to move world affairs from its present condition towards normative goals enunciated in the MUNS programme, so as to promote collective ability to channel structural change in a more democratic direction.
Synopsis
Globalization involves structural changes in forms of state, society and culture, ecology and political economy and in ethics and expectations. In this collection, globalization and multilateralism are linked to questions of epistemology, ontology, and strategy. Epistemology entails critical questioning of the nature of knowledge and its foundations. Ontology concerns the significant factors in global political economy. Strategy involves how to move world affairs from its present condition towards normative goals enunciated in the MUNS programme, so as to promote collective ability to channel structural change in a more democratic direction.
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Papers from an August 1993 symposium held near Oslo, Norway, report on a research program, Multilateralism and the United Nations System. Contributors link globalism and multilateralism to questions of epistemology, ontology, and strategy, examining the political economy context. Subjects include Nordic welfare capitalism in the global political economy, restructuring the global division of labor, new global migration dynamics, and global environmental issues and the World Bank. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.