SANDLER, Todd <br/><br/>
Global challenges :  an approach to environmental, political, and economic problems 

 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University,  1997 
 - 234 p. 
<br/><br/> Apocalypse now or never?  Some challenges  The role of technology  Markets and market failures  Standad remedies  Collective action at the supranational level  Global and regional treaties  Some key issues  Purpose of the book  Plan of the book  Global interdependencies: basic tools and principles  "He made me do it": the prisioner's dilemma  Other games and their applicability  External effects: further considerations  Public goods  Public goods with selective incentives  Public supply agregation considerations  Concluding remarks  For our children's children  Irreversibilities and first-mover advantage  The role of discounting on irreversible decisions  Sustainable growth  An expanded taxonomy for public goods  Authoritarian versus democratic regimes  The impact of income inequality on intergenerational choice  Missing markets and intergenerational choice  Institutional aspects  Global house  People and more people  Tropical deforestation  Global warming  Ozone shield depletion  Acid rain  Transnational terrorism  Peacekeeping missions  Architecture of institutions  The need for supranational infrastructure  Design principles  Linkage benefits and costs  Linkage formation  Linkage structure  Nongovernmental alternatives  A supranational link case study: LRTAP  Other design-promoting factors  Change we must: evolutionary concerns  On repeated games  Evolutionary games  Evolutionary games and global challenges  Evolution and the effects of income distribution  Equity among nations?  Causes of increased global income inequality  Trade and the environment  When is income inequality a good thing?  When is income inequality a bad thing  Implications for income policies  Intergenerational problems once again  Near horizons  Global crises: myth or reality?  Global conflicts: the outlook  Problems of the next millennium and beyond  Wither the nation-state?  Key conclusions of the book 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociedade Contemporânea<br/>Política<br/>Bens Públicos<br/>Meio Ambiente<br/>Forma de Estado<br/>Autoritarismo<br/>Democracia<br/>Regime Político<br/>Tecnologia<br/>Política Ambiental<br/> Crise Econômica<br/>Desenvolvimento Sustentável