An Introduction to Global Studies. (Record no. 33334)
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| Classification number | JZ1318 .C356 2010 |
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| Classification number | 303.48/2 |
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| Personal name | MacKinnon, Aran. |
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| Title | An Introduction to Global Studies. |
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| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Newark : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2010. |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2010. |
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| Extent | 1 online resource (441 pages) |
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| Series statement | New York Academy of Sciences Series |
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| Formatted contents note | An Introduction to Global Studies -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 GOING GLOBAL -- Introduction -- Why Global Studies? -- What We Talk About When We Talk About Globalization -- Globalization as series of social processes -- Deterritorialization -- Interconnectedness: the local and the global -- Compressing time -- New phenomena or old news? -- Dimensions of Globalization -- Economics -- Historical roots of contemporary economic globalization -- Neoliberalism -- Free trade and multinational corporations -- International economic institutions -- Politics -- The nation-state -- Global governance -- Culture -- Local and global cultures -- In Focus: Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" -- Global Citizenship: Rights, Responsibility, Inequalities, and Connections -- Conclusion -- 2 NATION-STATE SYSTEM -- Introduction -- Nations, States, and the Nation-state System -- Emergence of the Nation-state System -- From Europe to the rest of the world -- Struggling States -- The colonial legacy -- Neo-colonialism -- The Nation-state's Challenges and Competitors -- Internal challenges -- External challenges -- International governmental organizations -- Non-governmental organizations -- Multinational corporations (MNCs) -- In Focus: Terrorists -- Organized crime -- Failed/marginal states -- Conclusion -- 3 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- Introduction -- Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) -- The development of IGOs -- League of Nations -- United Nations -- United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) -- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) -- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) -- Trusteeship Council (TC) -- International Court of Justice (ICJ) -- Secretariat -- UN budget -- Peacekeeping -- UN effectiveness -- World Trade Organization (WTO) -- Regional organizations -- European Union (EU). |
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| Formatted contents note | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) -- Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU) -- Organization of American States (OAS) -- League of Arab States (LAS) -- Product-specific IGOs -- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) -- Types of international NGO -- NGO activities and effectiveness -- NGO relationships with states and multinational corporations -- NGO critics and supporters -- In Focus: Amnesty International -- Conclusion -- 4 HUMAN RIGHTS -- Introduction -- Where Do Human Rights Come From? -- Schools of thought about the origins of human rights -- Historical background -- Human Rights in the Modern Era -- The debate over rights -- Negative and positive rights -- Cultural relativists vs. universalists -- In Focus: What Is Torture? -- How Are Human Rights Monitored and Enforced? -- The UN and other human rights actors -- Enforcement mechanisms -- Emerging Human Rights -- The right to water -- Sexual rights -- DNA rights -- Human Rights and Non-State Actors -- Human Rights Abuses: Why They Affect Us All -- Conclusion -- 5 THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction -- Global Climate Change -- Deforestation -- In Focus: Chico Mendes and Brazil's Rubber-tappers -- Ozone depletion -- Oceans -- Ongoing Global Environmental Challenges -- Wat er -- Air pollution -- Desertification -- Disappearing habitat and species -- Pesticides -- Waste Production -- Technology -- Arms production and use -- Miscellaneous human waste -- Environmental Discrimination -- International Environmental Protection Efforts -- Conclusion -- 6 POPULATION AND CONSUMPTION -- Introduction -- Global Population -- Statistics and projections -- Fertility and mortality -- Demographic transition -- Population Pressures -- Population and poverty -- World population aging -- Migration -- Urbanization -- Consumption -- Agricultural production and consumption. |
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| Formatted contents note | Costs of increased agricultural production -- Consumer culture -- Global Consumption Patterns -- In Focus: Population Growth, Aging, and Consumption in the Land of the Lonely Hearts Club -- Conclusion -- 7 INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND GLOBALIZATION -- Introduction -- Microbes and Infectious Diseases: A Brief Overview -- History of infectious disease -- Disease and domestication -- Epidemics and pandemics -- Combating disease -- Infectious Disease and Globalization: The Current Picture -- Disease and the environment -- Disease and the food industry -- Global connections: urbanization, air travel, and migration -- In Focus: AIDS and Globalization -- The Global Fight against Infectious Disease: Current Challenges -- Conclusion -- 8 THE GENDERED WORLD -- Introduction -- Defining Our Terms -- Gender, Poverty, and Development -- Poverty -- Development -- Economic models underlying development: two competing theories -- Development failures and emerging gendered approaches -- United Nations -- In Focus: Microcredit -- Labor and Migration -- Human Security and Human Rights -- What is human security? -- Human trafficking -- Human rights -- Sexual violence -- Prostitution -- Armed conflict -- UN human rights efforts -- Education and Health -- Education and training -- Health -- Conclusion -- 9 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES -- Introduction -- Information and Communication Technologies -- The Information Age -- Information overload -- Information literacy -- The Digital Age -- Networked: The Impact of the Internet -- A brief history of the Internet -- Growth of the web -- Online participation and social networks in the network society -- Web 2.0 -- Wikis -- Social network sites -- Online political networking -- The Digital Divide -- In-Focus: Internet Censorship -- ICTs and development -- New Media -- The global village -- Globalization and media. |
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| Formatted contents note | Conclusion -- 10 WAR AND VIOLENT CONFLICT -- Introduction -- When Does Violent Conflict Become War? -- State-based conflicts -- Non-state conflicts and one-sided violence -- The History of War -- Warfare and early civilizations -- War in Ancient Greece -- Warfare from 600 bce to 1450 ce -- Warfare from 1450 to 1750 -- Warfare from 1750 to 1900 -- Warfare from 1900 to 1950 -- The Cold War -- War since the collapse of the Soviet Union -- Causes of War -- Savage brutes or peaceful primitives? -- Human evolution and war -- Power factors that cause war -- Causes of civil wars -- Ethical and Legal Dimensions of War -- Just war theory -- Resorting to war -- Conducting war -- Terminating war -- International law and rules for war -- Global conflict issues and international law -- Landmines -- Small arms sales -- Resource-based conflicts -- In Focus: Private Military Companies -- The Costs of War -- War deaths -- Psychological casualties -- Lost childhoods -- Damage to physical and socioeconomic capital -- Damage to the environment -- Military spending -- Conclusion -- 11 PEACE -- Introduction -- What Constitutes Peace? Defining Our Terms -- Origins of the Modern Peace Movement -- The 1800s -- The Quakers -- Secular peace movements -- The early 1900s -- World War I -- World War II -- The Cold War -- The Vietnam era -- Post-Vietnam -- Where are we now? -- Waging Peace -- Pacifism -- Nonviolent resistance -- Nation-states and international organizations -- Ending structural violence -- Global Connections: The Personal Dimension of Peace -- In Focus: United Fruit -- Conclusion -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX. |
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| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Globalization. |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
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| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | MacKinnon, Aran |
| Title | An Introduction to Global Studies |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2010 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781405187367 |
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