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Preface | p. xi |
Maps | p. xviii |
Global Issues: Challenges of Globalization | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 2 |
From International Relations to Global Issues | p. 2 |
Pluralism and Interdependence | p. 3 |
The Growth of the Modern State | p. 4 |
Sovereignty | p. 6 |
The Decline of Sovereignty | p. 7 |
The European Union: Redefining Sovereignty | p. 7 |
The Rise of Nonstate Actors | p. 8 |
The Catholic Church | p. 8 |
Transnational Corporations | p. 9 |
Interdependence and Globalization | p. 9 |
Causes of Globalization | p. 10 |
Forms of Globalization | p. 12 |
Economic Globalization | p. 12 |
Financial Globalization | p. 12 |
Political Globalization | p. 14 |
Military Globalization | p. 15 |
Cultural Globalization | p. 15 |
Environmental Globalization | p. 26 |
Criminal Globalization | p. 16 |
Periods of Globalization16 | |
Resistance to Globalization | p. 17 |
Debating Globalization | p. 18 |
Case Study Challenges Facing the Catholic Church | p. 19 |
Summary and Review | p. 20 |
The Struggle for Primacy in a Global Society | p. 24 |
Introduction | p. 25 |
Power and Leadership | p. 25 |
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers | p. 26 |
Strategies for Maintaining Power | p. 27 |
America | p. 28 |
Challenging American Hegemony | p. 32 |
China | p. 32 |
Threats to U.S. Power: Emerging Powers and Nonstate Actors | p. 35 |
Domestic Threats to American Hegemony | p. 36 |
Will the United States Remain the Dominant Power? | p. 37 |
Case Study Challenges Facing China | p. 38 |
Summary and Review | p. 40 |
Human Rights | p. 43 |
Introduction | p. 44 |
Globalization and Human Rights | p. 44 |
Nongovernmental Organizations and Human Rights | p. 45 |
Global Companies and Human Rights | p. 45 |
Development of Human Rights | p. 46 |
Social Contract Theories and Human Rights | p. 46 |
Utilitarianism, Libertarianism, and Marxism | p. 47 |
Legal Positivism and Human Rights | p. 48 |
Globalization of Human Rights: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | p. 48 |
Philosophical Controversies Over Human Rights | p. 50 |
Universalism Versus Cultural Relativis | p. 50 |
Individuals and Communities | p. 50 |
Relationship Between Rights and Obligations | p. 50 |
Prioritizing Human Rights | p. 51 |
Absolutism Versus Consequentialism | p. 51 |
Human Rights Regimes | p. 51 |
Enforcing Human Rights Globally | p. 52 |
Sanctions | p. 53 |
Humanitarian Intervention: Responsibility to Protect | p. 54 |
Responding to Genocide | p. 55 |
The International Criminal Court | p. 56 |
Women and Human Rights | p. 57 |
Sexual Violence: Rape as a Weapon of War | p. 58 |
Islam and Human Rights | p. 59 |
Fighting Terrorism and Protecting Human Rights | p. 61 |
The Death Penalty and Human Rights | p. 62 |
Case Study Homosexuals and Human Rights | p. 63 |
Summary and Review | p. 64 |
Promoting Democracy | p. 67 |
Introduction | p. 68 |
Democracy | p. 68 |
Political Participation and Democracy | p. 69 |
Women's Political Participation and Democracy | p. 70 |
Factors Conducive to Democracy | p. 72 |
Promoting Democracy | p. 73 |
Global Civil Society and the Promotion of Democracy | p. 73 |
The Promotion of Democracy by the United States | p. 75 |
Imposing Democracy by Force in Iraq | p. 76 |
Transitions to Democracy | p. 77 |
Latin America | p. 80 |
Russia | p. 80 |
Islam and Democracy in the Middle East | p. 82 |
Global Governance and Democracy | p. 83 |
International Regimes | p. 83 |
Making Global Institutions More Democratic | p. 84 |
Case Study Democratic Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa | p. 84 |
Summary and Review | p. 86 |
Global Terrorism | p. 90 |
Introduction | p. 91 |
Defining Terrorism | p. 91 |
Factors Conducive to Terrorism | p. 92 |
Goals, Strategies, and Weapons of Terrorism | p. 94 |
Financing Terrorism | p. 95 |
The Costs of Terrorism | p. 96 |
Costs to Individuals | p. 97 |
Economic Costs | p. 97 |
Costs to Governments | p. 97 |
Foreign Policy Costs | p. 97 |
Costs to Democracy | p. 97 |
Kinds of Terrorism | p. 98 |
Domestic Terrorism | p. 99 |
Nationalist Terrorism | p. 100 |
Religious Terrorism | p. 105 |
Box Notes of Religious Terrorists Who Attacked America | p. 106 |
State Terrorism | p. 107 |
Global Terrorism | p. 107 |
Responding to Terrorism | p. 108 |
Fighting Terrorism and Protecting Democracy | p. 110 |
Case Study Terrorism in Pakistan | p. 111 |
Summary and Review | p. 112 |
Weapons Proliferation | p. 116 |
Introduction | p. 117 |
The Proliferation of Weapons | p. 118 |
Reasons for the Proliferation of Weapons | p. 118 |
The Proliferation of Small Arms | p. 119 |
The Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons | p. 121 |
China and Japan | p. 122 |
India and Pakistan | p. 123 |
The Middle East | p. 124 |
North Korea | p. 125 |
America's Nuclear Response to Nuclear Proliferation | p. 126 |
Chemical and Biological Weapons | p. 127 |
Nonproliferation Regimes | p. 129 |
Nuclear Nonproliferation | p. 130 |
Curbing Chemical and Biological Weapons | p. 131 |
CASE STUDY Countries That Abandoned Nuclear Weapons Programs | p. 133 |
Summary and Review | p. 134 |
The Global Financial Crisis | p. 138 |
Introduction | p. 139 |
Causes of the Global Financial Crisis | p. 140 |
Deregulation of Financial Markets | p. 141 |
Financial Innovations | p. 142 |
Executive Compensation | p. 143 |
Low Interest Rates | p. 144 |
Subprime Loans | p. 144 |
Speculation | p. 145 |
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis | p. 146 |
Foreclosures | p. 147 |
Decline in Manufacturing and Trade | p. 148 |
Global Power Shift | p. 148 |
Global Responses to the Financial Crisis | p. 149 |
America's Response | p. 149 |
European Responses | p. 150 |
China's Response | p. 151 |
Financial Regulations | p. 151 |
CASE STUDY Ireland: The Decline of the Celtic Tiger | p. 152 |
Summary and Review | p. 153 |
Global Trade | p. 156 |
Introduction | p. 157 |
The Globalization of Free Trade | p. 158 |
Exchange Rates, Budget Deficits, and Trade | p. 162 |
Barriers to Free Trade | p. 163 |
Do Trade Deficits Matter? | p. 163 |
Global Companies and Global Factories | p. 164 |
Global Trade and Low Wages | p. 165 |
Global Companies Promote Equality | p. 165 |
Labor Unions and Global Trade | p. 166 |
Global Trade Disputes | p. 166 |
Tariffs | p. 167 |
Quotas | p. 167 |
Subsidies | p. 168 |
Genetically Modified Food | p. 169 |
Global Trade and the Environment | p. 170 |
Diseases and Global Trade | p. 171 |
Regional Trade Blocs | p. 172 |
The European Union | p. 172 |
The North American Free Trade Agreement | p. 174 |
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations | p. 174 |
The South American Common Market | p. 175 |
Case Study The Growing Power of Emerging Markets: Brazil | p. 176 |
Summary and Revie | p. 177 |
Global Inequality and Poverty | p. 180 |
Introduction | p. 181 |
Does Inequality Matter? | p. 181 |
The Globalization and Inequality Debate | p. 183 |
Globalists Make Their Case | p. 183 |
Antiglobalists Make Their Case | p. 184 |
Global Inequality | p. 185 |
Inequality Between Developed and Developing Countries | p. 187 |
Causes of Inequality Between Rich and Poor Countries | p. 189 |
Inequality Within Rich Countries | p. 191 |
The United States | p. 191 |
Other Industrialized Countries | p. 192 |
Inequality Within Poor Countries | p. 194 |
Gender Inequality | p. 195 |
Global Poverty | p. 196 |
Closing the Gap | p. 199 |
Case Study Food Insecurity and Rising Food Prices | p. 201 |
Summary and Review | p. 203 |
Environmental Issues | p. 206 |
Introduction | p. 207 |
The Globalization of Environmental Problems | p. 207 |
Nongovernmental Organizations and the Environment | p. 210 |
Women and the Environment | p. 210 |
Indigenous Peoples and the Environment | p. 210 |
Strategies Used by Nongovernmental Organizations | p. 211 |
Biodiversity | p. 212 |
Endangered Species and Wildlife Protection | p. 213 |
Deforestation | p. 215 |
Causes of Deforestation | p. 215 |
Efforts to Prevent Deforestation | p. 216 |
Ocean Resources-Fishing | p. 217 |
Ocean Pollution | p. 218 |
Global Warming and Climate Change | p. 219 |
Water Scarcity | p. 223 |
Military Activities and the Environment | p. 224 |
Case Study The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan | p. 226 |
Summary and Review | p. 228 |
Population and Migration | p. 231 |
Introduction | p. 232 |
Population | p. 232 |
Population Issues in Developing Countries | p. 233 |
Population Issues in Developed Countries | p. 235 |
Global Migration | p. 237 |
Gender and Migration | p. 237 |
Types of Migration | p. 238 |
Causes of Migration | p. 239 |
Push Factors | p. 239 |
Refugees | p. 241 |
Pull Factors | p. 243 |
Case Studies | p. 245 |
The United States | p. 245 |
Western Europe | p. 246 |
Social, Economic, and Political Implications of Migration | p. 249 |
The Impact of Migration on Sending Countries | p. 249 |
The Impact of Migration on Receiving Countries | p. 250 |
Case Study Global Aging and Pensions | p. 251 |
Summary and Review | p. 252 |
Global Crime | p. 255 |
Introduction | p. 256 |
The Globalization of Crime | p. 256 |
The Global Drug Problem | p. 257 |
Efforts to Control the Drug Problem | p. 258 |
Global Smuggling of Migrants | p. 261 |
Contemporary Slavery and Human Trafficking | p. 262 |
Criminal Gangs and Kidnapping | p. 264 |
Illegal Trade in Endangered Animals and Plants | p. 266 |
Cybercrimes and Piracy | p. 267 |
Global Responses to Crime | p. 270 |
Case Study Government Corruption in India | p. 271 |
Summary and Review | p. 272 |
The Globalization of Disease | p. 275 |
Introduction | p. 276 |
Globalization of Infectious Diseases | p. 276 |
Global Travel and Communications | p. 277 |
Human Security and Infectious Diseases | p. 278 |
Infectious Diseases | p. 279 |
Influenza and Avian Flu | p. 281 |
Malaria, Dengue, and Yellow Fever | p. 282 |
Malaria | p. 282 |
Tuberculosis | p. 284 |
HIV/AIDS | p. 285 |
Africa | p. 286 |
Global Responses to Aids | p. 287 |
SARS | p. 289 |
Global Responses to Infectious Diseases | p. 290 |
Case Study Obesity: A Global Epidemic | p. 292 |
Summary and Review | p. 293 |
Cultural Clashes and Conflict Resolution | p. 296 |
Introduction | p. 297 |
Cultural Influences on Conflicts | p. 297 |
Clashing Civilizations | p. 298 |
The West and the Muslim World | p. 299 |
The United States and Islam | p. 300 |
Clashes Among Nations | p. 302 |
Ethnic Conflicts | p. 303 |
Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity | p. 304 |
The Causes of Ethnic Conflict | p. 305 |
Ethnic Clashes | p. 307 |
Resolving Cultural Conflicts | p. 310 |
Negotiation | p. 311 |
Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention | p. 312 |
Peacemaking | p. 312 |
Peacebuilding | p. 312 |
Case Study War in Afghanistan | p. 313 |
Summary and Review | p. 315 |
Photo Credits | p. 318 |
Index | p. 319 |
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