Introducing Global Issues

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 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