Overview

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.  

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Author:   Scott Sernau
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780205841776

ISBN 10:   0205841775
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   14 March 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9780205935345
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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     

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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

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

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

Author Information

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.   

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