| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Facebook page; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; The Creation of Global Issues; Developing toward What?; Notes; Chapter 1 Population; The Changing Population of the World; Causes of the Population Explosion; How Population Growth Affects Development; How Development Affects Population Growth; Governmental Population Policies; The Future; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 2 Wealth and Poverty; Wave of Hope: The Millennium Development Goals; A Pessimistic View: The Persistence of Poverty; Development Assistance and Foreign Aid |
|
A Market ApproachThe State as Economic Actor; A Blended Approach; Geography and Wealth, Geography and Poverty; Globalization; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Food; World Food Production; How Many Are Hungry?; Causes of World Hunger; How Food Affects Development; How Development Affects Food; The "Green" Revolution; Governmental Food Policies; Future Food Supplies; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 4 Energy; The Energy-Climate Crisis; Government Responses to the Energy-Climate Crisis; The Effect of the Energy-Climate Crisis on Countries' Development Plans |
|
The Relationship between Energy Use and DevelopmentThe Energy Transition; Nuclear Power: A Case Study; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 5 Climate Change; The Evidence and Impacts; Uncertainties; What Is Being Done at Present?; What More Can Be Done?; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 6 The Environment: Part I; The Awakening; The Air; The Water; The Land; The Extinction of Species; The Extinction of Cultures; Notes; Chapter 7 The Environment: Part II; The Workplace and the Home; Managing Waste; Responsible Use; Environmental Politics; Overdevelopment; Conclusions; Notes |
|
Further ReadingChapter 8 Technology; Benefits of Technology; Unanticipated Consequences of the Use of Technology; Inappropriate Uses of Technology; Limits to the "Technological Fix"; War; The Threat of Nuclear Weapons: A Case Study; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 9 Alternative Futures; Development Pathways: Evaluating Our Current Situation; Current Outlook: Business as Usual; Collapse and Sustainable Development; Choices; Governance: Deciding How to Act on the Choices We Make; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Appendix 1 Studying and Teaching Global Issues; For the Student |
|
For the TeacherNotes; Appendix 2 Relevant Videos; Appendix 3 Relevant Internet Websites; Appendix 4 The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; Glossary; Index; EULA |
| Summary |
"Offers a dynamic and accessible narrative with many student-friendly features, such as chapter boxes, a glossary of terms, guides to further reading, media and Internet resources"- |
| Notes |
Revised edition of Global issues, 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
|
|
Economic history
|
|
Economic policy
|
| SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Economic policy
|
|
Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344
|
| Subject |
Developing countries
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Seitz, John L., 1931- author
|
|
Seitz, John L., 1931-
Global issues
|
| ISBN |
9781119014201 |
|
1119014204 |
|
9781119014218 |
|
1119014212 |
|
