Studyguide for Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism by Robbins, Richard H., ISBN 9780205961054

**__Examines the development and impact of capitalist culture__** From its roots more than 500 years ago to the present day, capitalism expanded from Western Europe to the United States and then to much of the rest of the world. This expansion has not gone uncontested; resistance has been both direct and indirect, including political, religious, and social protest, and even revolution. How and why capitalist culture developed and the reasons why some groups resisted and continue to resist its development are among the issues explored in __Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism, 6/e.__ MySearchLab is a part of the Robbins program. Research and writing tools help students master basic writing skills. With MySearchLab, students can access various academic journals, census data, and Associated Press news feeds, broadening their views on important issues. **NOTE:** MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase the text with MySearchLab, order the package ISBN: **0205961053 / 9780205961054 Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism Plus MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package** **Package consists of:** 0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card 0205917658 / 9780205917655 Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism Explores the basics of social policy and program analysis, such as designing new programs or evaluating and improving existing ones. Social Policy and Social Programs is distinctive in providing specific criteria for judging the effectiveness of social policies and programs. These criteria can be applied to the analysis of widely different social services such as counseling and therapeutic services, supportive assistance, and "hard" benefits like food stamps, cash, and housing vouchers. By focusing especially on social problems, policies, and programs in major practice areas like child welfare, health, poverty, and mental illness, the author provides students with the tools they need to understand and evaluate the programs in which they are doing their field placements. Learning Goals: Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Analyze the effectiveness of current social programs ; Create new programs based on the criteria provided ; Apply what they have learned to evaluate their field placement programs.--Publisher website Content: pt. 1. The Consumer, the Laborer, the Capitalist, and the Nation-State in the Society of Perpetual Growth. Constructing the Consumer -- The Laborer in the Culture of Capitalism -- The Rise and Fall of the Merchant, Industrialist, and Capital Controller -- The Nation-State in the Culture of Capitalism. pt. 2. The Global Impact of the Culture of Capitalism. Population Growth, Migration, and Urbanization -- Hunger, Poverty, and Economic Development -- Environment and Consumption Health and Disease -- Indigenous People and Ethnic Conflict. pt. 3. Resistance and Rebellion : Introduction. Peasant Protest, Rebellion, and Resistance -- Anti-systemic Protest -- Religion and Anti-systemic Protest -- Solving Global Problems : Some Solutions and Courses of Action. This book is a brief and penetrating introduction to the study of world politics in an era of complex interdependence. This text employs lessons from both theory and history to evaluate conflict and cooperation among global actors and to provide students with a resilient analytical framework. From twentieth and twenty-first century conflicts to global trade and finance, global governance, and the information revolution, this book expands substantially on previous editions of this classic work to provide a lucid and thought-provoking survey of international relations today This text shows novice researchers how to design, collect, and analyze qualitative data and then present their results to the scientific community. The book stresses the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.-- Publisher description