Annual editions: global issues 08/09/ Robert M. Jackson. editor

Publisher: Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2009Edition: Twenty-fourth editionDescription: xviii, 189 pages: 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmedited Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780073397634Subject(s): Social problems-- -- Periodicals -- History -- 20th century | Global issues -- Periodicals | Social prediction -- PeriodicalsDDC classification: 361.105
Contents:
Global issues in the twenty first century, an overview: Special moment in history / B. McKibben; It's a flat world after all / T.L. Friedman; Can extreme poverty be eliminated? / J.D. Sachs; Feminists and fundamentalists / K. Ramdas -- Population and food production: Century ahead / C. Wilson; Africa's restless youth / M. Gavin; Continuing the green revolution / N.E. Borlaug; Bittersweet harvest, the debate over genetically modified crops / H. Hsin -- Global environment and natural resources utilization: Deflating the world's bubble economy / L.R. Brown; Water is running out, how inevitable are international conflicts?; Plastic bags are killing us / K. Meszkowski; Cry of the wild / S. Begley -- Political economy: Globalization debate, Globalization and its contents / P. Marber, World is spiky / R. Florida, Social justice and global trade / J. Stiglitz; General case studies, Lost continent / M. Naim, America's sticky power / W.R. Mead, Where the money went / J.S. Henry; Global energy case studies, Ensuring energy security / D.l Yergin, Nuclear now! / P. Schwarts and S. Reiss, Looking into the sun / D.H. Freedman -- Conflict: Terrorist rivals / L. Richardson; State of denial / B. Woodward; Long march to be superpower / Economist, Aug. 4, 2007; North Korea takes on the world / C.K. Armstrong; Politics of death in Darfur / G. Prunier; men of principles / Economist, July 21, 2007; Banning the bomb / W. Wilson, D. Magazine -- Cooperation: Europe as a global player / H. Poettering; Grameen bank / M. Yunus; Search for solutions / M. Carmichael; Teamwork urged on bird flu / D. Brown; Medicine without doctors / G. Cowley -- Values and visions: Humanity's common values, seeking a positive future / W. Bell; What lurks in its soul? / D.A. Vise; Deeper shade of green / B. McKibben -- Test your knowledge form.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Item type Current location Home library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK COLLEGE LIBRARY
COLLEGE LIBRARY
GENERAL REFERENCE 		361.105 An784 2009 (Browse shelf) c.1 Available CITU-CL-42348
BOOK BOOK COLLEGE LIBRARY
COLLEGE LIBRARY
GENERAL REFERENCE 		361.105 An784 2009 (Browse shelf) c.2 Available CITU-CL-43096
BOOK BOOK COLLEGE LIBRARY
COLLEGE LIBRARY
GENERAL REFERENCE 		361.105 An784 2009 (Browse shelf) c.3 Available CITU-CL-43097
Total holds: 0

Global issues in the twenty first century, an overview: Special moment in history / B. McKibben; It's a flat world after all / T.L. Friedman; Can extreme poverty be eliminated? / J.D. Sachs; Feminists and fundamentalists / K. Ramdas --
Population and food production: Century ahead / C. Wilson; Africa's restless youth / M. Gavin; Continuing the green revolution / N.E. Borlaug; Bittersweet harvest, the debate over genetically modified crops / H. Hsin --
Global environment and natural resources utilization: Deflating the world's bubble economy / L.R. Brown; Water is running out, how inevitable are international conflicts?; Plastic bags are killing us / K. Meszkowski; Cry of the wild / S. Begley --
Political economy: Globalization debate, Globalization and its contents / P. Marber, World is spiky / R. Florida, Social justice and global trade / J. Stiglitz; General case studies, Lost continent / M. Naim, America's sticky power / W.R. Mead, Where the money went / J.S. Henry; Global energy case studies, Ensuring energy security / D.l Yergin, Nuclear now! / P. Schwarts and S. Reiss, Looking into the sun / D.H. Freedman --
Conflict: Terrorist rivals / L. Richardson; State of denial / B. Woodward; Long march to be superpower / Economist, Aug. 4, 2007; North Korea takes on the world / C.K. Armstrong; Politics of death in Darfur / G. Prunier; men of principles / Economist, July 21, 2007; Banning the bomb / W. Wilson, D. Magazine --
Cooperation: Europe as a global player / H. Poettering; Grameen bank / M. Yunus; Search for solutions / M. Carmichael; Teamwork urged on bird flu / D. Brown; Medicine without doctors / G. Cowley --
Values and visions: Humanity's common values, seeking a positive future / W. Bell; What lurks in its soul? / D.A. Vise; Deeper shade of green / B. McKibben --
Test your knowledge form.

300-399

There are no comments for this item.

to post a comment.