Global Perspectives : A Handbook for Understanding International Issues

by Kelleher, Ann; Klein, Laura

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9780138523930

ISBN10:

0138523932

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Pub. Date:

1/1/1999

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Pearson College Div

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Suitable for courses in International Relations, this book provides a multidisciplinary vocabulary for explaining general issues and trends facing the contemporary world involving cultural diversity, economic development, the natural environment, and international peace and violence. It affords equal time to the analysis of global issues using alternative perspectives. Four major case studiesone for each of the four central issues exploredencourage the application of concepts and perspectives presented in the narrative. It is the perfect compliment to any introductory IR text.

Preface

A NOTE TO READERS

(2)

A NOTE TO INSTRUCTORS

(1)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xii

1 Introduction to the Modern World

(15)

PERCEPTIONS OF THE WORLD

(2)

The Physical World

(1)

The Political World

(1)

The Ethnic World

(1)

EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN WORLD

(4)

The World in 1350

(2)

European Expansion (1400-1900)

(2)

DEFINITION OF THE MODERN STATE

(2)

TRENDS OF THE POST WORLD WAR II WORLD

(5)

US Leadership

(2)

The Soviet Challenge

(1)

The End of Colonialism

(1)

Increasing Interconnections

(1)

TERMS AND CONCEPTS

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

(1)

2 Ethnicity and Global Diversity

(21)

CULTURE: THE DEFINITION OF HUMANITY

(13)

Culture

(1)

Cultural Change

(3)

Culture and Economic Adaptation

(2)

Cultures, Subcultures, and other Classifications

(6)

Reactions to Diversity

(2)

CASE STUDY Nunavut: A New Territory for an Indigenous Nation

(5)

The Inuit of Nunavut

(1)

Analysis

(1)

TERMS AND CONCEPTS

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

(1)

3 Perspectives on Ethnicity and Global Diversity

(16)

GLOBAL UNITY

(3)

Assimilation

(1)

Acculturation

(1)

Syncretism

(1)

Subjugation

(1)

Paternalism

(1)

STATE PRIMACY

(2)

Patriotism

(1)

State Power

(1)

Critique from the Global Unity Perspective

(1)

CULTURAL PLURALISM

(4)

Tolerance

(3)

Critiques from the Global Unity and State Primacy Perspectives

(1)

Synthesis

(1)

CULTURAL DIVERSITY PERSPECTIVES APPLIED TO NUNAVUT

(4)

Matrix 3.1: Cultural Diversity Perspectives

(1)

A View from the Global Unity Perspective

(1)

A View from the State Primacy Perspective

(1)

A View from the Cultural Pluralism Perspective

(1)

TERMS AND CONCEPTS

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

(1)

4 Economic Development

(32)

THE DEVELOPING WORLD

(17)

Underdevelopment: A Vicious Cycle

(3)

The Colonial Legacy

(2)

Outside Interventions

(3)

Other Factors

(5)

THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD

(7)

Trade Issues

(1)

Monetary Issues

(3)

Relations Between Industrialized and Developing Countries

(2)

CASE STUDY From Peasants to Farmers: Development in the Peruvian Highlands

(4)

A Tale of Two Canals

(2)

Local Initiative

(1)

Analysis

(1)

TERMS AND CONCEPTS

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

(1)

5 Perspectives on Economic Development

(16)

LIBERAL ECONOMICS

(3)

Comparative Advantage

(1)

Needed Policies

(1)

DEPENDENCY

(5)

Structural Inequality: Neocolonialism

(1)

Government Intervention

(1)

The International Economic System

(2)

A Critique from the Liberal Economics Perspective

(1)

PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT

(3)

Local Decision Making

(1)

Available Technology

(1)

Environmental Compatibility

(1)

Critiques from the Liberal Economics and Dependency Perspectives

(1)

ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES APPLIED TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS

(3)

A View from the Liberal Economics Perspective

(1)

Matrix 5.1: Economic Development Perspectives

(1)

A View from the Dependency Perspective

(1)

A View from the Participatory Development Perspective

(1)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

100

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

100

(1)

6 Human Ecological Sustainability

101

(28)

ECOSYSTEMS: THE NATURE OF ENVIRONMENT

101

(2)

The Interrelationship of Environmental Systems

102

(1)

HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

103

(2)

Foraging

103

(1)

Pastoralism

104

(1)

Agriculturalism

104

(1)

Industrialism

104

(1)

THREATS TO CRITICAL RESOURCES

105

(11)

Air

105

(3)

Water

108

(3)

Land

111

(2)

Plants and Animals

113

(2)

Resources in Balance

115

(1)

HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES

116

(5)

Disease

116

(3)

Health Care

119

(1)

Malnutrition

120

(1)

CASE STUDY Brazil and the Tropical Rainforest

121

(6)

Amazonian Environment

122

(1)

Economic Uses of the Amazon

123

(2)

Indigenous Peoples

125

(1)

Health Conditions

126

(1)

Analysis

126

(1)

TERMS AND CONCEPTS

127

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

127

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

127

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

128

(1)

7 Perspectives on Human Ecological Sustainability

129

(15)

HIGH TECHNOLOGY

130

(3)

SHARED TECHNOLOGY

133

(2)

A Critique from the High Technology Perspective

134

(1)

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY

135

(2)

Critiques from the High Technology and Shared Technology Perspectives

137

(1)

ECOLOGY PERSPECTIVES APPLIED TO THE RAINFORESTS OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

137

(4)

Matrix 7.1: Ecology Perspective

138

(1)

A View from the High Technology Perspective

138

(1)

A View from the Shared Technology Perspective

139

(1)

A View from the Appropriate Technology Perspective

140

(1)

TERMS AND CONCEPTS

141

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

142

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

142

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

143

(1)

8 Peace and War

144

(32)

THE NATURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

146

(5)

Sovereignty

146

(1)

International Anarchy

147

(1)

Power Defined

148

(1)

Politics and Power

149

(1)

Interest and Power

150

(1)

Perceptual Selectivity

150

(1)

A MODEL OF PEACE AND WAR

151

(12)

The Strategies of War

151

(3)

Balance-of-Power Strategy

154

(4)

International Rule of Law

158

(5)

CASE STUDY The War in Bosnia: Three Peoples in Search of a State

163

(11)

A Tangle of Participants

163

(7)

The Dayton Accord

170

(3)

Analysis

173

(1)

TERMS AND CONCEPTS

174

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

174

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

174

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

175

(1)

9 Perspectives on Peace and War

176

(14)

STATE SOVEREIGNTY

177

(2)

Deterrence

178

(1)

WORLD ORDER

179

(3)

A Critique from the State Sovereignty Perspective

182

(1)

ETHNIC AUTONOMY

182

(2)

Critiques from the State Sovereignty and World Order Perspectives

183

(1)

PEACE AND WAR PERSPECTIVES APPLIED TO THE WAR IN BOSNIA

184

(4)

A View from the State Sovereignty Perspective

184

(1)

Matrix 9.1: Peace and War Perspectives

185

(1)

A View from the World Order Perspective

186

(1)

A View from the Ethnic Autonomy Perspective

187

(1)

TERMS AND CONCEPTS

188

(1)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

189

(1)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

189

(1)

INTERNET RESOURCES

189

(1)

10 A Postscript

190

(3)

Glossary

193

(8)

References Cited

201

(4)

Index

205

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