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Civilization in Crisis

Human prospects in a changing world

 

Joseph A. Camilleri

 

Lecturer in Politics, La Trobe University

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge

London New York Melbourne

Published by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press

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© Cambridge University Press 1976

Photoset and Printed in Malta by Interprint (Malta) Ltd

Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data

Camilleri, Joseph A. 1944- Civilization in Crisis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Civilization, Modern-1950 - 1. Title.

CB428.C325 909, 82 76-4240

ISBN 0-521-21248-0

ISBN 0-521-29078-3 pbk.

 

Contents:

Preface i
The world crisis: an overview 12
Underlying causes of disorder 30
The decadence of industrial culture 47
World economy in disarray 66
Underdevelopment and structural dependence 92
Economic transnationalism: the new imperialism 113
The energy crisis 138
The security crisis 177
The claims of morality and utopia 197
The politics of disorder 219
The politics of survival 242
Transitional strategies and cultural change 262
Notes 295
Index

 

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