GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL PARADIGMS .2. SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS (SPECULATIONS ON THE BOOK BY GORE,AL, EARTH IN THE BALANCE - ECOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT)

In the context of the book ''Earth in the Balance. Ecology and the Hum an Spirit'' by Al. Gore key socio-economic issues of global ecodynamic s have been discussed. Social, economic, philosophycal, and political problems of securing sustainable development have been discussed. Spec ial attention has been paid to problems of dysfunctional civilization (and, in this connection, to demographic dynamics) as well as to Strat egic Environment Initiative. Potential economic measures for broad int roduction of ecologically sound technologies have been characterized i n detail, as well as necessary political decisions. A. brief survey of the conception of self-organized criticality as a basis for understan ding the contemporary stage of the civilization development has been m ade.