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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS NEED A POLITICAL SOLUTION. ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY IS TO DETERMINE WHAT THIS SOLUTION WOULD BE. THERE ARE TWO BASIC CONDITIONS THAT ANY PROPOSED "WORLD ORDER" MUST SATISFY: IT MUST ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PRESCRIPTIONS, AND THAT DECISION-MAKING IS FELXIBLE ENOUGH TO COPE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN ALL THEIR COMPLEXITY. COMMON CONCEPTIONS OF A WORLD POLITICAL ORDER, CENTRALIST AND ANARCHIST, ARE NOT LIKELY TO SATISFY THESE CONDITIONS. IT MUST BE CONSIDERED ALSO WHAT DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLD SOCIETY ARE MOST LIKELY TO BRING ABOUT A WORLD ORDER CAPABLE OF SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED PROBLEMS.

"The third edition of this popular classroom text provides thoroughly revised and updated discussions of key topics including ethno-nationalist conflict, terrorism, and poverty and development, as J. Milburn Thompson masterfully brings a Christian perspective to bear on the world situation. With this book, he provides an introduction to current obstacles to justice and peace across the globe, and encourages Christians to draw upon an informed faith to transform themselves and the world"--