Global Threats, Global Futures

Thayer Scudder, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, California Institute of Technology, US

‘A work of political economy from the perspective of an anthropologist who has made a career of studying poverty and displaced people, Global Threats, Global Futures will prove rewarding reading for anyone concerned with issues of economic development, environmental and cultural degradation, and the causes and solutions of poverty. Most of all, Thayer Scudder illuminates a path, not only possible but plausible, through a destructive maze of humankind’s own making - if only the political will can be found to tread it.’

• Contents: Introduction 1. The Threat of Global Poverty 2. The Threat of Fundamentalism 3. The Threat of Environmental Degradation 4. United States 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Zambia 7. Transforming Global Societies References Index