TY - BOOK AU - Payne,Richard J. TI - Global issues: politics, economics, and culture SN - 9780205854592 AV - JZ1318 .P39 2013 U1 - 303.482/P29 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Globalization KW - Textbooks KW - World politics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1. Global Issues: Challenges of Globalization -- Ch. 2. The Struggle for Primacy in a Global Society -- Ch. 3. Human Rights -- Ch. 4. Promoting Democracy -- Ch. 5. Global Terrorism -- Ch. 6. Weapons Proliferation -- Ch. 7. The Global Financial Crisis -- Ch. 8. Global Trade -- Ch. 9. Global Inequality and Poverty -- Ch. 10. Environmental Issues -- Ch. 11. Population and Migration -- Ch. 12. Global Crime -- Ch. 13. The Globalization of Disease -- Ch. 14. Cultural Clashes and Conflict Resolution; CAS N2 - From human rights and terrorism to climate change and pandemics, 'Global Issues' is a current and topical look at the forces driving globalization. This text focuses on global affairs that transcend state boundaries and are transforming the international system; Updated in its 4th edition, Global Issues is a current and topical look at the forces driving globalization. From democratization, human rights, and global finance to terrorism, pandemics, and climate change, this texts surveys global problems that transcend boundaries and are challenging the international system. This is the only text of its kind to place complex issues into comprehensive context and thus explain the growing political, economic, and cultural interdependence visible in the headlines and in readers' lives ER -