The Constitutional Foundations of World Peace (Global Confl Peace Educ

by Richard A. Falk (Editor), Robert C. Johansen

This book shows how significant a worldwide constitutional framework can be, both analytically and politically, in efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace. The authors are careful to avoid the pitfalls of legalism and moralism that have often afflicted discussion of world governance in the past, and their analyses are rooted directly within contemporary human struggles for peace, justice, prosperity, and environmentally sustainable societies. The authors demonstrate that when these struggles are examined in light of the planet's changing constitutional framework, their origins and future trajectories are more fathomable intellectually. By examining alternative images of world order, these authors uncover an abundance of practical yet bold policy recommendations for addressing and solving global problems. They also demonstrate that implementing desirable policies can indeed become politically feasible. This book is a compendium of new ideas for managing threats to peace, enhancing U. N. peacekeeping, establishing an effective global environmental authority, aiding the faltering global economy, nurturing the growth of democracy both locally and globally, protecting human rights and ethnic diversity, holding governments and intergovernmental organizations accountable to those they govern, and nurturing humanitarian values among all people.

388 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1993

Reviews

[Leonardo]

Las fuerzas más recientes y tal vez más importantes de la sociedad civil global son las denominadas organizaciones no-gubernamentales (ONG). El término ONG no posee una definición muy rigurosa, pero puede aplicarse a toda organización que pretenda representar al Pueblo y operar en su interés, separada (y a menudo en contra) de las estructuras del Estado. De hecho, muchos consideran a las ONG como sinónimo de “organizaciones del pueblo” porque el interés del Pueblo se define distintamente al interés del Estado.

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