Knowledge and development in a fractured global order

Knowledge and development in a fractured global order

This article explores the nature, dimensions and consequences of the emerging ‘fractured global order’, focusing both on the globalization processes now under way and on the deep fractures, both between and within nations, that are becoming an entrenched feature of the new world order. It then highl...

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Published in:Futures : the journal of policy, planning and futures studies Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 591 - 610
Main Author: Sagasti, Francisco R
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Eng Elsevier Ltd 01-07-1995
Butterworths
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Center and Periphery
CONFLICT
Development
Foreign Affairs
Future
Geopolitics
Globalization
International Relations
Knowledge
Manycountries
NEW WORLD ORDER
POVERTY
Science
Science and Technology
Scientific Knowledge
Scientific Research
Social conditions & trends
SOCIETY AS A WHOLE
Sustainable Development
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
Technological Innovations
Technology
Trends
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Summary:This article explores the nature, dimensions and consequences of the emerging ‘fractured global order’, focusing both on the globalization processes now under way and on the deep fractures, both between and within nations, that are becoming an entrenched feature of the new world order. It then highlights the overriding importance of the knowledge fracture to explain the predicament of the poorer sectors of society, and examines the role that science and technology can play in promoting sustainable human development
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ISSN:0016-3287
1873-6378
DOI:10.1016/0016-3287(95)00028-U