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: Boulding, Elise,; Chasek, Pam S.,; Davenport, Deborah S.,; Kassem, Lina M.,; Kent, George,; Kraly, Ellen Percy,; Kretzmann, Eliza,; Lantis, Jeffrey S.,; Miller, Marion A. L.,; Moon, Bruce E.,; Nelson, Marjorie E.,; Parker, Heather,; Patterson, Jack,; Reeves, Don,; Scapple, Karrin,; Scholl, Chris W.,; Seis, Mark,; Smith, Tom,; Snarr, D. Neil,; Snarr, Michael T.,; Talbott, Anthony N.,
• HerausgeberIn: Snarr, D. Neil,; Snarr, Michael T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (349 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 I Conflict and Security
• 2 Weapons Proliferation and Conflict
• 3 Nationalism
• 4 Globalization and Human Rights
• 5 Global Security and Insecurity: Responses to Terrorism and Other Threats
• PART 2. The Global Economy
• 6 Free Trade vs. Protectionism: Values and Controversies
• 7 International Capital Flows and Institutions
• 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 Protection of the Atmospheric Commons
• 15 Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources
• PART 5 Conclusion
• 16 Future Prospects
• Acronyms
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book