"Worlds in Transtion" by Joseph A. Camilleri and Jim Falk, was published by Edward Elgar, UK in January 2010. It provides a central resource to assist the discussion about governance now under way on this site.
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Worlds In Transition
Evolving Governance Across a Stressed Planet
Joseph A. Camilleri, Professor of International Relations and Director, Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia and Jim Falk, Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society (ACSIS), University of Melbourne, Australia
Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Human Organisation: The Evolutionary Context 3. Governance in the Context of Human Evolution 4. The Modern Epoch and its Limits 5. Economic Governance 6. Governing Atmospheric Flows 7. A Defining Issue of Our Time 8. The Evolving Governance of Information Flows 9. Governance, Pathogens and Human Health 10. Globalisation of Insecurity in the Era of Hegemonic Decline 11. Towards a New Security Discourse and Architecture 12. A Holoreflexive Epoch in the Making? Bibliography Index
