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Contents

7

Preface (pdf-download)

9

Introduction (pdf-download)
Global Trends in the Shadow of the World Financial Crisis: Challenges, Power Shifts and Options for Global Governance

Key global challenges – Global trends with multisectoral impacts – Options for global governance – Outlook: which model(s) of global governance?
Tobias Debiel / Michèle Roth / Cornelia Ulbert

World Orders and Peace

19

Military Security between Rearmament, Democratisation and Privatisation (pdf-download)

Rearmament and the decline of arms control – Democratisation or privatisation of security? – Summary and outlook
Herbert Wulf

World Society and Development

41

Global Health Governance in Transition (pdf-download)

Divergent health trends in industrialised and developing countries – Diverse health discourses with sometimes conflicting goals – The growing complexity of health governance in a globalised world – Policy options to improve global health governance
Elena Heßelmann / Cornelia Ulbert

World Economy and Ecology

63

Tipping Points in the Earth System and their Implications for World Politics and Economy (pdf-download)

Global temperature dynamics in the 21st century – Climate change and its implications for human development and international security – Tipping points in the Earth system – Will tipping points in the Earth system trigger tipping points in the world economy and politics?
Dirk Messner / Stefan Rahmstorf

81

The World Financial System in Crisis (pdf-download)

Explanation and analysis of trends – The world financial system and financial markets: an historical overview – The current world financial system crisis – The financial crisis: paradigms from economic theory – Political options
Karin Küblböck / Johannes Jäger / Andreas Novy

100

Notes on the Contributers (pdf-download)

Published with the support of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)