Global Issues: An Introduction, 5th Edition Front Cover

Global Issues: An Introduction, 5th Edition

  • Length: 360 pages
  • Edition: 5
  • Publisher:
  • Publication Date: 2016-01-26
  • ISBN-10: 1118968859
  • ISBN-13: 9781118968857
  • Sales Rank: #79754 (See Top 100 Books)
Description

Now reorganized and updated throughout, the fifth edition of this well-regarded introductory global issues text continues to reflect the most important aspects of an increasingly globalized world.

  • Reorganized into more accessible chapters better suited to semester-long courses, with new sections covering development, climate change, pollution, and governance
  • The only survey-level text in the field to unite the perspectives of geography, political science, sociology, ecology, international relations, economics, and development studies
  • Moves beyond the international to be truly global in focus, with coverage of topics such as wealth and poverty, population, food, energy, natural resources, and technology
  • Incorporates new case studies and examples, including the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the effects of changing water supply on migration, natural gas fracking, and smart grid technology
  • 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

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Population
Chapter 2 Wealth and Poverty
Chapter 3 Food
Chapter 4 Energy
Chapter 5 Climate Change
Chapter 6 The Environment: Part I
Chapter 7 The Environment: Part II
Chapter 8 Technology
Chapter 9 Alternative Futures
Appendix 1 Studying and Teaching Global Issues
Appendix 2 Relevant Videos
Appendix 3 Relevant Internet Websites
Appendix 4 The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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