British Society, 1680-1880: Dynamism, Containment, and Change. By Richard Price (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xii plus 349 pp.)
In: Journal of social history, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 250-252
ISSN: 1527-1897
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In: Journal of social history, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 250-252
ISSN: 1527-1897
In: Journal of social history, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 716-717
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In: Journal of social history, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 416-418
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In: Journal of social history, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 791-814
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In: Politics and the life sciences: PLS ; a journal of political behavior, ethics, and policy, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 183-192
ISSN: 1471-5457
There is a growing tension between two apparently irreconcilable trends: (1) demographic projections that world population size will reach 10 to 11 billion by the middle of the next century; and (2) scientific estimates that the Earth's long-term sustainable carrying capacity (at an "adequate to comfortable" standard of living) may not be much greater than 2 to 3 billion. It is past time to develop internationally coordinated sociopolitical initiatives that go beyond slowing the growth or stabilizing global human numbers. After "inescapable realities" that humans must soon confront, and notwithstanding the considerable difficulties involved in establishing "global population optimums," I conclude with several suggestions how best to bring about a very significant reduction in global population over the next two to three centuries. These proposals are cautiously optimistic.
In: Politics and the life sciences: PLS ; a journal of political behavior, ethics, and policy, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 231-236
ISSN: 1471-5457
In: Population and environment: a journal of interdisciplinary studies, Band 18, Heft 6, S. 565-580
ISSN: 1573-7810
In: Politics and the life sciences: PLS ; a journal of political behavior, ethics, and policy, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 77-85
ISSN: 1471-5457
In contrast to recent political, scholarly, and public misuse of the term, this essay articulates a more accurate definition of the hostage concept. This definition is not only consistent with a broad range of etymological sources, but is also in agreement with numerous examples from the historical and anthropological record. A possible application of the hostage idea to mid/late-twentieth-century superpower relationships, involving a distinctively different approach to nuclear deterrence, is also described. Attention is further called to the fact that the giving of hostages as confidence-building "emissaries of trust" incorporates several attributes that might be of interest to contemporary evolutionary theorists. A closer examination of the biological and behavioral underpinnings, the historical and anthropological precedents, and the political and psychological efficacy of this ancient idea might therefore prove to be a fruitful area for future empirical and theoretical research.
In: Politics and the life sciences: PLS, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 77-86
ISSN: 0730-9384
In: IEEE technology and society magazine: publication of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 13-20
ISSN: 0278-0097
In: Bulletin of peace proposals: to motivate research, to inspire future oriented thinking, to promote activities for peace, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 167-177
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In: Bulletin of peace proposals: to motivate research, to inspire future oriented thinking, to promote activities for peace, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 167-177
ISSN: 0007-5035
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In: Peace research reviews, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 5
ISSN: 0553-4283
In: Politics and the life sciences: PLS, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 183-192
ISSN: 0730-9384