عنوان

World at risk :

0872899195 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780872899193 (cloth : alk. paper)

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World at risk :

[Book]

a global issues sourcebook.

Second edition.

Washington, D.C. :

CQ Press,

[2010]

©2010

xvii, 822 pages :

illustrations, maps ;

27 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

DEMOGRAPHICS AND SETTLEMENT: Immigration / Tara Magner -- Population / Ulla Larsen -- Refugees and forced migrants / Stephen C. Lubkemann -- Urbanization / Melanie Jarman -- ECONOMICS: Development aid / Catherine E. Weaver -- Income inequality / Bob Sutcliffe -- International finance / Clint Peinhardt -- Labor and employment / Scott B. Martin -- World trade / Kar-yiu Wong -- ENVIRONMENT: Biodiversity / Tim Allman -- Deforestation / Tim Allman -- Energy / Richard B. Norgaard -- Freshwater / Melanie Jarman -- Climate change / Melanie Jarman -- Pollution / Melanie Jarman -- EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND WELFARE: AIDS / Ulla Larsen -- Health / David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Jennifer O'Brien -- Hunger and food security / Suresh C. Babu -- Literacy and educational access / Ulla Larsen -- Women / Aili Tripp -- POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE: Human rights / Daan Bronkhorst -- International law / Bruce Cronin -- International criminal justice / Eric Stover -- Transnational governance / Daan Bronkhorst -- War crimes / Timothy L. H. McCormack -- SECURITY: Arms control / J. Peter Scoblic -- Drug trafficking / Mary Sisson -- Ethnic and regional conflict / Murat Somer -- Genocide / Edward Kissi -- Human trafficking / Rachel Shigekane -- Peacemaking and peacebuilding / Mary Hope Schwoebel and Erin McCandless -- Terrorism / Ann E. Robertson.

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Contains articles that analyze thirty significant issues facing the world in the twenty-first century, covering the fields of economics, the environment, human development, law, politics, and security, and includes maps, statistics, case studies, biographical sketches, and other references and resources.

Economic history-- 21st century.

Emigration and immigration.

Environmental policy.

International relations.

Security, International.

Social history-- 21st century.

World politics-- 21st century.

CQ Press.

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