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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Batiuk, Mary Ellen,; Boulding, Elise,; Chasek, Pamela S.,; Davenport, Deborah S.,; D’Costa, Jashinta,; Heninger, Lori,; Kassem, Lina M.,; Kay, Sean,; Kent, George,; Kraly, Ellen Percy,; Lantis, Jeffrey S.,; Moon, Bruce E.,; Mulligan, Fiona,; Parker, Heather,; Reeves, Don,; Seis, Mark,; Snarr, D. Neil,; Snarr, Michael T.,; Swindler, Kelsey M.,; Talbott, Anthony N.,; Winzer, Jane A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Snarr, D. Neil,; Snarr, Michael T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (361 p.)

Introduces students to the challenging contemporary issues of conflict and security, the global economy, development, and the environment.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Tables and Figures
• Preface
• 1 Introducing Globalization and Global Issues
• PART 1 Conflict and Security
• 2 Weapons Proliferation and Conflict
• 3 Nationalism
• 4 The Challenge of Human Rights
• 5 Global Security
• PART 2 The Global Economy
• 6 Free Trade vs. Protectionism: Values and Controversies
• 7 The Political Economy of Development
• 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 Sustainable Development
• 14 Regulating the Atmospheric Commons
• 15 Conflict over Natural Resources
• PART 5 Conclusion
• 16 Future Prospects
• Acronyms
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book