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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (361 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781588265593
  • 9781685852641
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.83/1 23/eng/20231120
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: Introduces students to the challenging contemporary issues of conflict and security, the global economy, development, and the environment.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781685852641

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

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

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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