WHAT’S NEXT: 2020 ONWARDS
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The emerging priorities revealed in a recent UN survey about "the world we want to create” which showed the global public's priorities were “protecting the environment, protecting human rights, less conflict, equal access to basic services, and zero discrimination.” This has led one recent commentator to claim that, “a lot of people can't place the rapidly oscillating feelings they have right now: a rollercoaster mix of fear, sadness, boredom, tension and flatness.” The purpose of the book is to take this seriously, and not only to accept the task of seeing what is at stake as we enter upon a new future, but also to face up to the challenge flowing from what this reveals: Can We Do It?
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The title of this short book is What’s Next?, and the short answer is Who Knows? This is despite the mounting evidence that our current worldwide problems are leading people to reassess their priorities for the future and insist on the need for change. The purpose of the book is to take this contrast seriously, and not only to accept the task of seeing what is at stake as we enter upon a new future, but also to face up to the challenge flowing from what this reveals: Can We Do It?
About the Author
Peter Dwyer, born 1935, retired from his position as Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne in 2000, and was then appointed an Honorary Fellow. From 1989 he served as a Senior Research Consultant at the University of Melbourne, undertaking collaborative research studies internationally on youth pathways in education. He has major books, articles and research to his credit. Since his retirement he has published three new books, two available from Amazon or Sid Harta publishers - his memoir Life Journeys (2006), and Recovery – Towards a New Future (2010), devoted to a detailed study of the current global crisis and Facing 2030 with Balboa Press (2020)