TY - BOOK AU - Hammond,Allen L. TI - Which world?: scenarios for the 21st Century SN - 1559635754 (cloth) AV - HC59.15 .H36 1998 U1 - 330.9/051 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Washington, DC PB - Island Press KW - Economic forecasting KW - World politics KW - -1989- KW - Forecasting KW - Twenty-first century KW - Forecasts N1 - "Global destinies, regional choices."; "Shearwater books."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Thinking about the future--The power of scenarios--Market world: a new golden age of prosperity--Fortress world: instability and violence?--Transformed world: changing the human endeavor?--Critical trends: demographic, economic, and technological--Critical environmental trends--Critical security trends--Critical social and political trends--Latin America: Equitable growth or instability?--China and Southeast Asia: can the Asian miracle continue?--India: a second independence?--Sub-Saharan Africa: transformation or tragedy?--North Africa and the Middle East: autocracy forever?--Russia and Eastern Europe: transition to what?--North America, Europe, and Japan: leadership or stagnation?--Choosing our future UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/98013589-d.html ER -