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The role of UNESCO in international social science education, research, & training is outlined. To face recent changes in Europe, innovative research orientations should be developed. Suggested are: (1) extensive interdisciplinarity & comparative approaches; (2) identification & conceptualization of new research tools; & (3) improved collaborative research organizations. Modified AA

Based on the world report, The World Ahead: our Future in the Making, this article identifies four major challenges which we face at the dawn of the 21st century: peace, social inequality, sustainable development and long‐term global planning. It argues that society needs to be rebuilt and envisages it as an international democracy founded on four pillars or contracts – social, natural, cultural and ethical – and looks at some of the preconditions and costs.

An excellent anthology of twenty-one articles by leading scholars and authors on the theme of reconciliation as a force in regional and Nicaraguan history and politics. Authors include Sergio Ramírez, Aldo Lacayo, Miguel Obando, and Carlos Tünnerman