The modern world is, in the authors' view, undergoing the process of meltdown―global meltdown. Having argued in an earlier book that humankind is headed for an environmental catastrophe that will either eliminate the human species or greatly reduce our numbers, the authors now focus on the breakdown of organized social order that will occur when the ecological crisis happens. Believing that civilization as we know it will not last, even without a definitive environmental cataclysm, they explore here the social, political, and philosophical ramifications of this vision.After outlining the interaction of the forces of environmental destruction, economic rationalism, and technological revolution, this book shows their impact on social problems such as immigration, racial and ethnic conflict, and the loss of personal, spiritual, and religious meaning. In the first chapter, the authors consider the effects of these social conflicts in both the non-Western and the Western world, concluding that the global meltdown theory is supported by the worldwide rise of terrorism. Chapter 2 discusses the technological and ecological forces they believe will led to a new world disorder. The work then goes on to use Australia as a case study illustrating the collision of population and environment. In the concluding chapter, the authors support their thesis further with a review of the literature on the subject.

Global Meltdown: Immigration, Multiculturalism, and National Breakdown in the New World Disorder (History of Cartography)

Politics & Social Sciences

Lyons, Graham

Smith, Joseph Wayne

Moore, Evonne

Social Sciences

Praeger

This scientifically rigorous and philosophically sophisticated defense of environmentalism is meant to excite, educate, and alarm the reader. There is a widespread scientific and public recognition that the world is facing an environmental crisis of vast proportions. What is the relationship between the growth of human population and industrial activity on one hand and the environmental crisis on the other? If this is not determined and dealt with, Earth's ecology may be expected to collapse.

Healing a Wounded World: Economics, Ecology, and Health for a Sustainable Life

Business & Money

Sauer-Thompson, Gary

Economics

We live in times of uncertainty and insecurity, at a personal, national and global level. Writers such as Samuel P. Huntington and Robert D. Kaplan, respectively, have spoken of an emerging 'clash of civilizations' and of 'coming anarchy'. This book is also concerned with the future of civilization, in particular with the conflict between economic growth and the sustainability of the biophysical lifesupport systems of the planet, arguing that the flawed system of orthodox neo-classical economics has justified the modernist belief in the necessity of unending economic growth and the ceaseless exploitation of nature.

The Bankruptcy of Economics: Ecology, Economics and the Sustainability of the Earth

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Compositions for Clarinet Vol.1 (Beginners to Intermediate)

Useful Music

<p>(Music Sales America). Graham Lyons. An exciting up-to-date way of learning to play the clarinet. Play 'The Saints', 'Can Can', 'Ol' Man River' and many more popular pieces.</p>

Take up the Clarinet - Book 1

Arts & Photography

Music

Chester Music

Exciting 'fun' book on playing the flute. Steadily increase the number of notes you can play. Includes 'Summertime' and 'Over The Rainbow'. Optional second flute part.

Take Up The Flute - Book 1

Humor & Entertainment

<p>We live in times of uncertainty and insecurity, at a personal, national and global level. Writers such as Samuel P. Huntington and Robert D. Kaplan, respectively, have spoken of an emerging 'clash of civilizations' and of 'coming anarchy'. This book is also concerned with the future of civilization, in particular with the conflict between economic growth and the sustainability of the biophysical lifesupport systems of the planet, arguing that the flawed system of orthodox neo-classical economics has justified the modernist belief in the necessity of unending economic growth and the ceaseless exploitation of nature.</p>

Smith, Joseph Wayne Wayne

This work examines the environmental crisis within the context of the internationalization or globalization of people and nations. The existence of life on Earth - and certainly human life - has been called into question in the twentieth century, first through the threat of nuclear obliteration and climate alteration (the enhanced greenhouse effect and destruction of the Earth’s ozone shield), environmental pollution, exploding human population growth and the destruction of species and genetic diversity. Many people believe that these ’global’ dangers represent a crisis of such a magnitude that they can only be effectively dealt with by a ’global’ response, in particular by the abandonment of the sovereignty of nations and the construction of a one world government in some shape or form. This ’new world order’ would also save us from ourselves, bringing about an era of sustainable peace on Earth. It is argued here that this internationalist vision cannot succeed; it will destroy the environment, not preserve it, and bring about an era of turmoil and warfare, not peace. In particular, it is demonstrated that the environmental crisis is in part a product of internationalism. This book examines the deleterious consequences of internationalism with respect to major environmental and political debates such as ecologically sustainable development, technology and human freedom, economic rationalism and economic internationalism, immigration and human population expansion, racial and ethnic conflict and the globalization of epidemic diseases.

Is the End Nigh?: Internationalism, Global Chaos and the Destruction of the Earth (Avebury Series in Philosophy)

Philosophy

Routledge

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Lyons, Graham. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Lyons, Graham

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Lyons, Graham. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Global Meltdown: Immigration, Multiculturalism, and National Breakdown in the New World Disorder (History of Cartography)

Healing a Wounded World: Economics, Ecology, and Health for a Sustainable Life

The Bankruptcy of Economics: Ecology, Economics and the Sustainability of the Earth

Compositions for Clarinet Vol.1 (Beginners to Intermediate)

Take up the Clarinet - Book 1

Take Up The Flute - Book 1

The Bankruptcy of Economics: Ecology, Economics and the Sustainability of the Earth

Is the End Nigh?: Internationalism, Global Chaos and the Destruction of the Earth (Avebury Series in Philosophy)

Compositions for Clarinet Vol.1 (Beginners to Intermediate)