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World at risk : a global issues sourcebook.
LIBRA JZ1242 .W67 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- World politics--21st century.
- World politics.
- Security, International.
- Environmental policy.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Economic history--21st century.
- Economic history.
- Social history--21st century.
- Social history.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 822 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a global economic crisis have dramatically altered how global issues are perceived and dealt with, today. To address this expanding complexity, World at Risk presents thirty-two essays, written by experts in their fields, that provide in-depth analysis on such key topics as:
- Demographics and Settlement
- Economics
- Environment
- Education, Health, and Welfare
- Politics and Governance
- Security
- Chapters within these sections discuss such controversial and vexing issues as immigration, international finance, transnational governance, human trafficking, war crimes, biodiversity, and global health. Each chapter includes the following sections: Historical Background and Development, Current Status, Global Map, Regional Summaries, Data, Case Study, Biographical Sketches, Directory, Further Research, and Documents.
- Contents:
- Demographics and Settlement
- Economics
- Environment
- Education, Health, and Welfare
- Politics and goverance
- Security.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780872899193
- 0872899195
- OCLC:
- 419827706
- Publisher Number:
- 99935958543
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