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Developing Coalitions for Effective Action: The Five Horsemen of the Modern World: Climate, Food, Water, Disease, and Obesity

Developing Coalitions for Effective Action: The Five Horsemen of the Modern World: Climate, Food,... Behavior and Social Issues, 25, 99-102 (2016). © David J. Cox. Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner’s permission, if the author and publisher are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. doi: 10.5210/bsi.v.25i0.6871 BOOK REVIEW DEVELOPING COALITIONS FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION: THE FIVE HORSEMEN OF THE MODERN WORLD: CLIMATE, FOOD, WATER, DISEASE, AND OBESITY. BY DANIEL CALLAHAN (2016). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN: 9780231170024. 416 pp. $35.00/£26.00. Our culture has produced the science and technology it needs to save itself. It has the wealth needed for effective action (Skinner, 1971). The “five horsemen of the modern world” are climate change, food shortages, clean water shortages, chronic disease, and obesity. Cofounder and former president of the Hastings Center— a biomedical research organization—Daniel Callahan covers each of these horsemen in his new book titled: The Five Horsemen of the Modern World. Each topic has a unique history bridging the often tenuous relationship between science and public policy. According to Callahan, however, the horsemen share a single feature: Problems arising from climate change, food and water shortages, chronic disease, and obesity are getting worse despite several decades of expensive and concerted http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

Developing Coalitions for Effective Action: The Five Horsemen of the Modern World: Climate, Food, Water, Disease, and Obesity

Callahan, Daniel
Behavior and Social Issues , Volume 25 (1) – May 1, 2016
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Behavior and Social Issues, 25, 99-102 (2016). © David J. Cox. Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner’s permission, if the author and publisher are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational, not-for-profit purposes. doi: 10.5210/bsi.v.25i0.6871 BOOK REVIEW DEVELOPING COALITIONS FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION: THE FIVE HORSEMEN OF THE MODERN WORLD: CLIMATE, FOOD, WATER, DISEASE, AND OBESITY. BY DANIEL CALLAHAN (2016). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN: 9780231170024. 416 pp. $35.00/£26.00. Our culture has produced the science and technology it needs to save itself. It has the wealth needed for effective action (Skinner, 1971). The “five horsemen of the modern world” are climate change, food shortages, clean water shortages, chronic disease, and obesity. Cofounder and former president of the Hastings Center— a biomedical research organization—Daniel Callahan covers each of these horsemen in his new book titled: The Five Horsemen of the Modern World. Each topic has a unique history bridging the often tenuous relationship between science and public policy. According to Callahan, however, the horsemen share a single feature: Problems arising from climate change, food and water shortages, chronic disease, and obesity are getting worse despite several decades of expensive and concerted

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