Grand Challenges of Planetary Governance
Oran R. Young
Abstract
In this timely book, leading scholar Oran Young reflects on the future of the global order. Developing new lenses through which to consider needs for governance arising on a global scale, Young investigates the grand challenges of the 21st century requiring the most urgent and sustained planetary responses: protecting the Earth’s climate system; controlling the eruption of pandemics; suppressing disruptive uses of cyberspace; and guiding the biotechnology revolution.
Topics & Concepts
CyberspaceCorporate governancePolitical scienceOrder (exchange)Grand ChallengesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Scale (ratio)PandemicEnvironmental ethicsEngineeringBusinessGeographyThe InternetComputer scienceManagementEconomicsCartographyLawDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyPhilosophyMedicineWorld Wide WebFinanceSpace exploration and regulation