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the preparatory phase of the World Summit for Social Development witnessed the launch of several research projects relevant to and in support of issues like poverty, unemployment and social integration, to be discussed at the summit. The book under review is one of these.
This book which is well-researched and documented is derived from several papers commissioned by the Geneva-based United Nations Research Institute for Social Development ( unrisd) and other un bodies. The work was carried out with support and cooperation from the United Nations Development Programme and some governments like those of The Netherlands and Norway, which had funded it. The chapters of the book are logically arranged into three segments: the description of the political, economic and technological changes taking place across the globe during the past two decades, their implications on social problems and their impact on various institutions.
The main argument of the book is that global transformation, characterised by the spread of liberal democracy, dominance of market forces, integration of global economy, transformation of the production system and labour markets, spread of technological change, media revolution and consumerism, does not appear to be a
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