Down to Earth: five years from Rio
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The Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro in 1992 may have been flawed in many respects but has resulted in some progress and has served to highlight practical limitations of international environmental efforts. Environmental efforts initiated at the local and national level may be the most accurate measure of the summit's success. Financial constraints, a changing international scene, and crises within international governing bodies have limited the summit's goals.
Publication Name: The World Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0043-9134
Year: 1997
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Top-down democratization in Tanzania
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Significant political developments are underway in Tanzania, with a shift towards democracy having progressed steadily during the 1990s. This process has received relatively little attention, as it has taken place slowly and undramatically. Tanzania has had to travel a great distance at has sought to become a liberal democratic society. It has done so without the ruling Revolutionary Party of Tanzania being pushed aside by the opposition.
Publication Name: Journal of Democracy
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 1045-5736
Year: 1999
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An instrument panel for Spaceship Earth
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The author offers a possible design for an instrument panel controlling the planet, based on the concept of R. Buckminster Fuller that the Earth can be seen as a spaceship. Using data from 13 demographic aspects, the panel can diagnose countries to anticipate problems and develop timely interventions.
Publication Name: International Journal of Humanities and Peace
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 1042-4032
Year: 1999
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