Global Problems: The Search for Equity, Peace and Sustainability Book

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