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Encyclopedia review - Rain 1986
For More Information: Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential, compiled by the Union of International Associations, and published and distributed by KG Saur, Inc., 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010, $200.00, 1986, 1440pp. This review appeared in Rain (Magazine), Fall/Winter 1986.
WORLD PROBLEMS AND HUMAN POTENTIAL
Over 4500 world problems that transcend national boundaries and the organizations working on them are described in this new book
The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential was first published in 1975. A new edition has just been published. It is a comprehensive sourcebook of information on recognized problems from human rights to energy, their interconnections and the human resources available to analyze and respond to them.
The main section of the book features entries on 4,700 problems that transcend national boundaries. A typical entry describes the nature of a problem, its origins and incidence. A dialogue of responses from authoritative sources is like a local voter's manual, presenting a diversity of opinion on each issue. An additional 5,500 problems are listed without description, but are cross-referenced and indexed. The problem entries are complemented by a series of sections which elaborate on the wide range of concepts applicable to world problems and relevant responses to them. These include: human values; human development; communication; personal and collective social transformation strategies; integrative knowledge; interdisciplinary problem-solving approaches; innovative techniques þ communication and transformative conferencing techniques and evaluation of approaches to world problems.
This is not a book to read when you have too little time on your hands. The print is like the Oxford English Dictionary, and the style is dense, but it is inspirational. Like Citizen Summitry this encyclopedia represents another view of world problems, and solutions that individuals and nongovernment organizations are carrying out on their own.
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