Introducing Global Issues / ed. by D. Neil Snarr, Michael T. Snarr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boulding, Elise, Contributor.

Cox, John K., Contributor.

Dye, Jennifer, Contributor.

Kent, George, Contributor.

Kraly, Ellen Percy, Contributor.

Lantis, Jeffrey S., Contributor.

Miller, Marion A. L., Contributor.

Moon, Bruce E., Contributor.

Nelson, Marjorie E., Contributor.

Reeves, Don, Contributor.

Sazama, Gerald W., Contributor.

Scapple, Karrin, Contributor.

Seis, Mark, Contributor.

Snarr, D. Neil, Contributor.

Snarr, D. Neil, Editor.

Snarr, Michael T., Contributor.

Snarr, Michael T., Editor.

Stephenson, Carolyn M., Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Introducing students to today’s most pressing global issues, this fully revised text explores the various dimensions of conflict and security, the global economy, development, and the environment.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1 Introducing Globalization and Global Issues

Part I CONFLICT AND SECURITY

2 WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND CONFLICT

3 NATIONALISM

4 THE CHANGING FACE OF GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS

5 PEACEKEEPING AND PEACEMAKING

Part 2 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

6 CONTROVERSIES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

7 INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS

8 POVERTY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY

Part 3 DEVELOPMENT

9 POPULATION AND MIGRATION

10 WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT

11 CHILDREN

12 HEALTH

Part 4 THE ENVIRONMENT

13 PROTECTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE

14 COOPERATION AND CONFLICT OVER NATURAL RESOURCES

15 PROTECTING THE GLOBAL COMMONS: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Part 5 CONCLUSION

16 FUTURE PROSPECTS

ACRONYMS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

ABOUT THE BOOK

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-035-9

OCLC:

1378176516