The Real World Order: Zones of Peace / Zones of Turmoil

by Max Singer, Aaron Wildavsky, Aaron Singer, Max;Wildavsky

Book Overview

"Singer and Wildavsky′s distinction between a zone of peace and a zone of turmoil resonates as a crisp and straightforward distinction that possesses much explanatory power and is embedded in a deep political insight. That distinction is, in my opinion, destined to become the way we think of the new world order. I know of no recent book that competes with this one for its scope and vision combined with nontechnical analysis."

--Bruce...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566430313
• ISBN13: 9781566430319
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

1996 Grawemeyer Award winner

Singer and Wildavsky argue that for the first time in history the major world powers share a commitment to democracy. By working together, they eventually will encourage other nations toward democracy and, ultimately, peace. The authors argue that the world's superpowers have mutual interests in the political and economic success of democracy worldwide. These countries should now undertake a democratic, multinational effort to draw other countries into this "zone of peace." They suggest establishing a United Nations Democratic Caucus through which democratic nations can, by majority rule, agree on issues of international significance. The economic development opportunities that stem from this cooperation eventually will attract non-democratic nations, who currently reside in what the authors call "zones of turmoil." Singer and Wildavsky also propose a substantial increase in foreign assistance (half reserved for humanitarian emergencies) and limits on arms transfers to non-democratic states.In 1996, this book won the $150,000 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, an international prize administered by the University of Louisville's Department of Political Science.