New Humanism and Global Governance

By Lijun Yang

New Humanism and Global Governance is the first in this subject to study how a variety of factors related to globalization will shape the future of the human community. It discusses the major challenges to today's world order and governance, as well as international experience in responding to these challenges. It covers a wide range of issues including unequal distribution of wealth, the widening income inequality gap, contradiction between economic development and environmental protection, the middle-income trap, de-globalization, democratic crisis, anti-immigration sentiments, nationalism, and radical extremism. It addresses these issues by emphasizing policy implications for governance.The chapters are selected papers from two international conferences jointly held by the Institute of Public Policy(IPP) at the South China University of Technology and UNESCO. Contributors from China, Europe and the US present their questions, observations, and analyses in a narrative and descriptive style which appeal to a wide range of audience.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813236175
• ISBN13: 9789813236172
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"