Globalization, the Human Condition and Sustainable Development in the Twenty-First Century

by Tausch, Arno; Heshmaiti, Almas

• ISBN13: 9780857284105
• ISBN10: 085728410X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Anthem Pr

Summary

'Globalization, the Human Condition and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century: Cross-national Perspectives and European Implications' is a cross-national, 175 nation based exploration of the deep crisis in which Europe currently finds itself. Investigating the effects of dependency theory and world systems theory upon the global success of eight dimensions of development - including democracy, environmental sustainability, employment, social cohesion, high quality tertiary education and gender justice - this study argues that the current European crisis has been precipitated by the pro-globalist policies of the European Commission, and that in the near future these policies threaten to enter Europe into a destructive "race to the bottom".

Author Biography

Arno Tausch is Visiting Professor of Economics at Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Innsbruck University, Austria. Almas Heshmati is Professor of Economics at Korea University.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	p. xi
Glossary of Key Terms	p. xv
Foreword	p. xxxv
Preface	p. xxxix
Should the Musicians Continue to Play?	p. 1
Background	p. 9
Methods	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
The Index Methodology	p. 58
Non-parametric index	p. 58
Parametric Index	p. 60
A New Parametric Composite Index	p. 62
Distribution of the Indices	p. 64
Simple, Multiple and Stepwise Regression Analysis	p. 65
Introduction to the Data	p. 66
The Potential Determinants	p. 66
The Potentially Explained Variables	p. 68
Cross-discipline Communication	p. 69
The Current Combined Variable list	p. 71
The List of Independent Variables	p. 73
The List of Dependent Variables	p. 75
Cross-national Results: Beyond the Pro-globalist Development Approach of the European Commission	p. 79
Final Cross-national Results for the Combined Development Indicator	p. 123
A Time Series Perspective on Globalization, Growth and Inequality	p. 139
Conclusions	p. 155
Appendices
Multiple Regressions - The Dependency Model, Tested against Feminist, Demographic, Neoliberal, Geographic, Cultural, Peace Research and Human Capital Policy Predictors, Migration Theories and Integration Theories	p. 162
The Crisis Performance Index (Factor Analytical), 2009-2010 and After	p. 185
The Dynamics of Globalization since 1980 in 29 Major Economies of the World - The Time Series	p. 191
The Dynamics of Globalization and Inequality since 1970 in Some Major Developing Economies and in the World System as a Whole	p. 207
A Non-parametric Global Development Index, Based on 35 Variables	p. 216
A Non-parametric Global Development Index, Based on 30 Variables and Its Multivariate Determinants	p. 225
The Sources for the Cross-national Data Collection	p. 235
A Commented Guide to the Literature: Major International Studies in Peer-Reviewed Social Science Journals about Globalization and Other Preconditions of Policy Success or Failure for the Nine 'European Union 2020 Guidelines' (Compiled from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts and the Social Sciences Citation Index)	p. 241
References	p. 267
Index of Persons and Authorships	p. 290
Index of Subjects and Countries	p. 294
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