TY - BOOK AU - Kennedy,Paul M. TI - Preparing for the twenty-first century SN - 0394584430 AV - CB 161 K36p 1993 U1 - 303.49/09/05 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - Twenty-first century KW - Siglo XXI KW - Predicciones KW - Civilización KW - Civilización futura KW - Predicciones sociales N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-405) and index; Prologue : old challenges and new challenges The demographic explosion The communications and financial revolution and the rise of the multinational corporation World agriculture and the biotechnology revolution Robotics, automation, and a new industrial revolution The dangers to our natural environment The future of the nation-state The Japanese "plan" for a post-2000 world India and China Winners and losers in the developing world The erstwhile USSR and its crumbled empire Europe and the future The American dilemma Preparing for the twenty-first century ER -