Measuring Global Values: The Ranking of 162 Countries

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This volume profiles 162 countries using as a basis for comparison more than a hundred indicators measuring how each country reflects 5 global values: peace, economic well-being, ecological balance, social justice and political participation. The use of data-based management software systems for the collection of information results in a broad-based analysis which yields thoroughly documented conclusions and affirms the 5 values as appropriate evaluative tools. Introductory material outlines the methods used int he study, defines the measurement criteria, and identifies the study's objectives. Each of the 5 subject areas is then addressed separately, its findings supported by numerous tables and excerpts and its data supplemented by a bibliography at the end of each chapter. Students of political science as well as global policy scholars may find this application of current technology to the examination of global values a significant contribution to literature on the subject.

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"A book of tremendous significance and value. . . . An exciting synthesis of two lines of research that are rarely combined. . . . [It is a] thoughtful, thorough, judicious, and exhaustive utilization of an extraordinary array of data sources. Brilliant in conception and solid in execution."-J. David Singer Department of Political Science University of Michigan
"Measuring Global Values is a major book that represents an enormous research effort. The book enables careful and systematic comparisons over time and across space as to whether a society is improving or losing ground. . . . It provides world order scholars with a fully elaborated framework for future research. . . . [Sullivan's] book is certain to be the foundational work for future developments relating to normative assessment."- Richard Falk Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice Princeton University
. . . should be of interest to students in world politics, international political economy, global ecology, international law, and comparative government, Academic and other research libraries will have the most use for this volume. . . . This is a useful source for researching Wilberforce's life and career and for stimulating research on the British abolitionist movement. It is a valuable addition to college and university libraries with substantive British political history and slavery holdings.-ARBA
." . . should be of interest to students in world politics, international political economy, global ecology, international law, and comparative government, Academic and other research libraries will have the most use for this volume. . . . This is a useful source for researching Wilberforce's life and career and for stimulating research on the British abolitionist movement. It is a valuable addition to college and university libraries with substantive British political history and slavery holdings."-ARBA

Author Bio

MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN III is Professor of Political Science at Drexel University. The author of several articles on international arms control in various scholarly journals, Dr. Sullivan has spent the past eight years measuring global values using data-based management software systems and microcomputer technology.