Edition |
2nd ed. |
Description |
xvii, 822 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part I: Demographics and Settlement -- Immigration / Tara Magner -- Population / Ulla Larsen -- Refugees and forced migrants / Stephen C. Lubkemann -- Urbanization / Melanie Jarman -- Part II: Economics -- Development aid / Catherine E. Weaver -- Income inequality / Bob Sutcliffe -- International finance / Clint Peinhardt -- Labor and employment / Scott B. Martin -- World trade / Kar-yiu Wong -- Part III: Environment -- Biodiversity / Tim Allman -- Deforestation / Tim Allman -- Energy / Richard B. Norgaard -- Freshwater / Melanie Jarman -- Climate change / Melanie Jarman -- Pollution / Melanie Jarman -- Part IV: Education, Health, and Welfare -- AIDS / Ulla Larsen -- Health / David E. Bloom, David Canning, Jennifer O'Brien -- Hunger and food security / Suresh C. Babu -- Literacy and educational access / Ulla Larsen -- Women / Aili Tripp -- Part V: Politics and goverance -- Human rights / Daan Bronkhorst -- International law / Bruce Cronin -- International criminal justice / Eric Stover -- Transnational governance / Daan Bronkhorst -- War crimes / Timothy L.H. McCormack -- Part VI: Security -- Arms control / J. Peter Scoblic -- Drug trafficking / Mary Sisson -- Ethnic and regional conflict / Murat Somer -- Genocide / Edward Kissi -- Human trafficking / Rachel Shigekane -- Peacemaking and peacebuilding / Mary Hope Schwoebel, Erin McCandless -- Terrorism / Ann E. Robertson. |
Summary |
Contains articles that analyze thirty significant issues facing the world in the twenty-first century, covering the fields of economics, the environment, human development, law, politics, and security, and includes maps, statistics, case studies, biographical sketches, and other references and resources. |
Subject |
International relations.
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World politics -- 21st century.
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Security, International.
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Environmental policy.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Economic history -- 21st century.
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Social history -- 21st century.
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Added Author |
CQ Press.
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ISBN |
9780872899193 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0872899195 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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