Global issues: an introduction

Extensively revised and updated, the new Fourth Edition of Global Issues: An Introduction offers a unique approach to the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life. Revised and updated to reflect the latest global developmentsExamines the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern lifeThe only book of its kind to use the concept of development to illustrate how different global issues are interrelated Includes a new section on nuclear energy Chapter boxes examine ways that individuals can have a positive impact o.

Population -- Wealth and poverty -- Food -- Energy -- The environment -- Technology -- Alternative futures.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography (p. [254]-264), web references (p. [265]-271) and index.

Prev. ed.: Blackwell, 2008.

Global Issues An Introduction: FOURTH EDITION; Contents; Plates; Figures, Maps, and Tables; Foreword; Notes; Introduction: The Creation of Global Issues; Chapter 1: Population; The Changing Population of the World; Causes of the Population Explosion; How Population Growth Affects Development; Too rapid; Too slow; An aging population and low birth rates; International conferences on population; How Development Affects Population Growth; Demographic transition; Factors lowering birth rates; Governmental Population Policies; Controlling growth; Promoting growth; The Future.

The growth of the world's populationThe carrying capacity of the earth; Optimum size of the earth's population; Population-related problems in our future; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Wealth and Poverty; The Millennium Development Goals; Development Assistance and Foreign Aid; The Market Approach; The State Approach; The Civil Society Approach; Geography and Wealth, Geography and Poverty; Globalization; Positive aspects; Negative aspects; An evaluation; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Food; World Food Production; How Many Are Hungry?; Causes of World Hunger.

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