The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Vulnerability of social systems

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Structural tensions within society

Structural societal instability

Nature

Society is now characterized by a movement towards limits of what is feasible, the overloading of increasingly complex systems, and the lack of alternatives and safety fall-backs. Concurrently, there are deep structural changes occurring in the world economy, an enforced global reorganization of capitalist production by means of rationalization and relocation, and a crisis which impinges on the basic institutional and political structure of post-war capitalism.

Broader

Narrower

Geopolitical vulnerability

Instability of complex society

Destabilization of social systems

Vulnerability of land-locked countries

Socio-cultural environment degradation

Inadequacies of the international monetary system

Faltering structural adjustment in the world economy

Vulnerability of socio-economic systems to globalization

Aggravates

Chaos ^{[in 2 loops]}

Social breakdown ^{[in 9 loops]}

Growth of anti-systemic movements ^{[in 1 loop]}

Criminally life endangering behaviour

Aggravated by

Instability

Radical feminism

Shortage of fresh-water

Inadequate social innovation

Shortage of natural resources

Unequal distribution of forces

International economic injustice

Excessive size of social institutions

Ineffective delivery of basic human resource services

Strategy(ies)

Maintaining social order

Reducing structural tensions within society

Maintaining structural tensions within society

Value(s)

Type

(B) Basic universal problems

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

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