Contemporary Readings in Globalization

by Scott R. Sernau

• ISBN13: 9781412944717
• ISBN10: 1412944716
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-11
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

This reader was developed to be used in numerous courses taught in sociology, anthropology, history, political science and global studies. This book will fit into any course that is focused on contemporary global issues. It is appropriate for an introductory course, as well as for upper-division special topics courses. This book can be used in numerous disciplines and in numerous courses. The readings have been selected from numerous well respected journals as well as from the popular press. The journal articles have been edited to make them more a??user friendlya?? for the undergraduate student. The reader includes numerous articles from SAGE social science journals. This reader allows undergraduate students to read about the major topics in globalization in the words of the original authors. The reader includes a topic guide to help the instructor better integrate the material into their course and well-crafted section openers place each article in context for the student. This series of readings has been vetted by an Advisory Board of globalization instructors to ensure quality.

Table of Contents

A Changing World

Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

Journal of South Asian Development. Vol. 1 No. 1 2006

The Wal-Mart You Don't Know

The Radical Thesis on Globalization and the Case of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez

Latin American Perspectives. Vol. 29 No. 6. 2002

A Coffee Connoisseur on a Mission

The New York Times. June 22, 2006

The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community

Yes! Magazine. Summer 2006

Inequality And Poverty

Always With Us: Jeffrey Sachs plan to eliminate poverty

New Yorker. April 11, 2005

Born into Bondage

Smithsonian. September 2005

Pulling Rickshaws in the City of Dhaka

Environment and Urbanization. Vol. 17 No. 2 2002

The Good Samaritans: Melinda Gates, Bono, and Bill Gates

Time. January 2, 2006

Violencia Femicida: Violence Against Women and Mexico's Structural Crisis

Latin American Perspectives Vol. 33, No. 2. 2006

How One Company Brought Hope to the Poor

Ode Magazine. April 2005

Education

The Right to Education in a Globalized World

Journal of Studies in International Education. Vol. 10 No. 1 Spring 2006

Breaking Down Notions of Us and Them: Answering Globalization with Global Learning

FDU Magazine. Spring 2006

A Would-Be Pilot, Hitting Turbulence on the Ground

The New York Times. April 30, 2005

Conflict

France: The Riots and the Republic

Race and Class Vol. 47 No. 2. 2006

Torture: The Struggle Over a Peremptory Norm in a Counter-Terrorist Era

International Relations, Vol. 20, No 2. 2006

Peace and Democracy for Haiti: A UN Mission Impossible?

International Relations, Vol. 20, No. 2. 2006

Globalization and the Study of International Security

Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 37, No. 3. 2000

The Biggest Failure: A new approach to help the world's internally displaced people

Vol 4 No 141. 2006

Health

Outsourcing Your Heart

Time Magazine. May 21, 2006

Rumor, Fear and Fatigue Hinder Final Push to End Polio

The New York Times. March 20, 2006

AIDS and Health-Policy Responses in European Welfare States

Journal of European Social Policy Vol. 14. 2004

US Plan to Lure Nurses May Hurt Poor Nations

The New York Times. May 24, 2006

Energy

Exploitation of Energy Resources in Africa

Journal of Developing Societies Vol. 22, No. 1. 2006

While Washington Slept

Vanity Fair. May 2006

Some Convenient Truths: stopping global warming

The Atlantic. September 2006

A Financial Framework for Reducing Slums: Lessons from Experience in Latin America

Environment and Urbanization, 2003. SAGE Publications

Tropic of Answer: Ecotourism

Grist Magazine. April 14, 2006

Strangers in the Forest

New Yorker. April 18, 2005

In American Waters

IU International News. Spring 2006

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