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Exploring social problems on a global scale This text uses social science perspectives to examine the various dimensions of globalisation, the social problems of inequality, war and violence, and environmental sustainability that are occurring on a global scale. Clear writing and vivid examples help students to better understand their role as global citizens. The book was designed for courses such as Global Issues, Contemporary Problems, Social Problems, Social Stratification, World Cultures, and Social Change.  

Table of Contents:
IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part I: Seeking an Equitable World: Issues of Inequality Chapter 1: Class: A World of Rich and Poor Chapter 2: Work: The Global Assembly Line Chapter 3: Gender and Family: Overburdened Women and Displaced Men Chapter 4: Education: Access and Success Part II: Seeking a Peaceful World: Issues of Conflict Chapter 5: Crime: Fear in the Streets Chapter 6: War: States of Terror Chapter 7: Democracy and Human Rights: Having Our Say Chapter 8: Ethnicity and Religion: Deep Roots and Unholy Hate Part III: Seeking a Sustainable World: Environmental Issues Chapter 9: Urbanization: Cities without Limits Chapter 10: Population and Health: Only the Poor Die Young Chapter 11: Technology and Energy: Prometheus’s Fire or Pandora’s Box? Chapter 12: Ecology: How Much Can One Planet Take? COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface The Call of the World Empires in Collision Making a World System Plan of the Book Part I: Seeking an Equitable World: Issues of Inequality Chapter 1: Class: A World of Rich and Poor The Global Divide Theories of Class and Economy Economic Development: Modernization and Dependency Theories Ending Extreme Poverty: Markets and Beyond Humanizing Development Chapter 2: Work: The Global Assembly Line The Division of Labor The New Frontier: From Hudson’s Bay to Land’s End Made by Small Hands A Trade Free-for-All Ordering the World Market Trade that is Fair for All Chapter 3: Gender and Family: Overburdened Women and Displaced Men Nietzsche Undone: From Superman to Supermom Global Family Changes Half the Sky Chapter 4: Education: Access and Success Brazil The Foundations of Education And Who Will Care for the Children? Education around the World Opening Doors, Opening Minds Part II: Seeking a Peaceful World: Issues of Conflict Chapter 5: Crime: Fear in the Streets Seeking Security Street Crime and Youth Violence International Drug Trade Incarceration around the World International Crime Cartels In Search of Opportunity and Order Chapter 6: War: States of Terror How States Made War and War Made States From Limited War to Total War to Cold War From World War to Regional Conflict The Global Arms Trade Weapons of Mass Destruction Military Expenditures The Last Great War? Chapter 7: Democracy and Human Rights: Having Our Say Nationalism and the Nation—State From Bands to States Nationalism and Independence Democracy and Its Alternatives “Dirty Wars”: When Democracy Degenerates The Right to Be Fully Human Chapter 8: Ethnicity and Religion: Deep Roots and Unholy Hate Ethnicity: Ties That Bind and Divide Faith and Fervor: Religious Diversity Ethnicity, Religion, and Power Identity and International Terrorism Alternatives to Terror Part III: Seeking a Sustainable World: Environmental Issues Chapter 9: Urbanization: Cities without Limits The Urban Millennium: Worldwide Urbanization World Cities Cities as Dynamos: Central Places and Hyperurbanization The Shape of Urban Life The Shape of the City Seeking Livable Cities Chapter 10: Population and Health: Only the Poor Die Young World Population Estimates: Counting Heads Marx and Malthus: The Population Bomb Debate Demographic Transition Theory Population Control Migration Disease Health Care Reform Living Well, Staying Well Chapter 11: Technology and Energy: Prometheus’s Fire or Pandora’s Box? Power Surge: The Advance of Technology Energy: Fire from Above and Below Chariots of Fire: Automobiles and Transport Turning Down the Heat: Global Warming and Appropriate Technology Chapter 12: Ecology: How Much Can One Planet Take? Food: We Are What We Eat Pollution Deforestation and Desertification Who Invited You? Invasive Species Ecology and Economy: The Search for Sustainable Futures References Index

About the Author :
Scott Sernau (Ph.D., Cornell University) is Professor of Sociology and Director of International Programs at Indiana University South Bend where he regularly teaches courses on social inequality, urban society, sustainability and global issues.  He has taught in Mexico, in France and aboard ship on global voyages with the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program.   He is the author of Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico; Critical Choices: Applying Sociological Insight in Your Life, Family, and Community; Bound: Living in the Globalized World, and Social Inequalities in a Global Age as well as editor of  Contemporary Readings in Globalization.  He has won six trustee’s teaching awards, as well as the Sylvia Bowman Award for Distinguished Teaching and the PA Mack Award for Distinguished Service to Teaching.  He serves on the steering committee of the  IU Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, the board of the IUSB Center for a Sustainable Future, and the board of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research.   

Review :
Thank you to the following reviewers:   Christopher Whitsel North Dakota State University Gerald Titchener Des Moines Area Community College Stephen Sills University of North Carolina Greensboro


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205841776
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 232 mm
  • No of Pages: 408
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Weight: 540 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0205841775
  • Publisher Date: 14 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability
  • Width: 178 mm


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