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[null,null,"Titolo",null,"An introduction to global studies / / Patricia J. Campbell, Aran MacKinnon, and Christy R. Stevens"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"9786612774799"]
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[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (0 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"New York Academy of Sciences"]
[null,null,"Classificazione",null,"361.5"]
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[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"303.48/2"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Globalization"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"An Introduction to Global Studies -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1  GOING GLOBAL -- Introduction -- Why Global Studies? -- What We Talk About When We Talk  About Globalization -- Globalization as series of social processes -- Deterritorialization -- Interconnectedness: the local and the global -- Compressing time -- New phenomena or old news? -- Dimensions of Globalization -- Economics -- Historical roots of contemporary economic globalization -- Neoliberalism -- Free trade and multinational corporations -- International economic institutions -- Politics -- The nation-state -- Global governance -- Culture -- Local and global cultures -- In Focus: Huntington's \"Clash of Civilizations\" -- Global Citizenship: Rights, Responsibility,  Inequalities, and Connections -- Conclusion -- 2  NATION-STATE SYSTEM -- Introduction -- Nations, States, and the Nation-state System -- Emergence of the Nation-state System -- From Europe to the rest of the world -- Struggling States -- The colonial legacy -- Neo-colonialism -- The Nation-state's Challenges and Competitors -- Internal challenges -- External challenges -- International governmental organizations -- Non-governmental organizations -- "]
[{"$nulls":4},"Multinational corporations (MNCs) -- In Focus: Terrorists -- Organized crime -- Failed/marginal states -- Conclusion -- 3  INTERNATIONAL  ORGANIZATIONS -- Introduction -- Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) -- The development of IGOs -- League of Nations -- United Nations -- United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) -- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) -- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) -- Trusteeship Council (TC) -- International Court of Justice (ICJ) -- Secretariat -- UN budget -- Peacekeeping -- UN effectiveness -- World Trade Organization (WTO) -- Regional organizations -- European Union (EU)."]
[{"$nulls":4},"North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) -- Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU) -- Organization of American States (OAS) -- League of Arab States (LAS) -- Product-specific IGOs -- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) -- Types of international NGO -- NGO activities and effectiveness -- NGO relationships with states and multinational corporations -- NGO critics and supporters -- In Focus: Amnesty International -- Conclusion -- 4  HUMAN RIGHTS -- Introduction -- Where Do Human Rights Come From? -- Schools of thought about the origins of human rights -- Historical background -- Human Rights in the Modern Era -- The debate over rights -- Negative and positive rights -- Cultural relativists vs. universalists -- In Focus: What Is Torture? -- How Are Human Rights Monitored and Enforced? -- The UN and other human rights actors -- Enforcement mechanisms -- Emerging Human Rights -- The right to water -- Sexual rights -- DNA rights -- Human Rights and Non-State Actors -- Human Rights Abuses: Why They Affect Us All -- Conclusion -- 5  THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction -- Global Climate Change -- Deforestation -- In Focus: Chico Mendes and Brazil's Rubber-tappers -- Ozone depletion -- Oceans -- Ongoing Global Environmental Challenges -- Wat er -- Air pollution -- Desertification -- Disappearing habitat and species -- Pesticides -- Waste Production -- Technology -- Arms production and use -- Miscellaneous human waste -- Environmental Discrimination -- International Environmental Protection Efforts -- Conclusion -- 6  POPULATION AND CONSUMPTION -- Introduction -- Global Population -- Statistics and projections -- Fertility and mortality -- Demographic transition -- Population Pressures -- Population and poverty -- World population aging -- Migration -- Urbanization -- Consumption -- Agricultural production and consumption."]
[{"$nulls":4},"Costs of increased agricultural production -- Consumer culture -- Global Consumption Patterns -- In Focus: Population Growth, Aging, and  Consumption in the Land of the Lonely Hearts Club -- Conclusion -- 7  INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND  GLOBALIZATION -- Introduction -- Microbes and Infectious Diseases: A Brief Overview -- History of infectious disease -- Disease and domestication -- Epidemics and pandemics -- Combating disease -- Infectious Disease and Globalization:  The Current Picture -- Disease and the environment -- Disease and the food industry -- Global connections: urbanization, air travel, and migration -- In Focus: AIDS and Globalization -- The Global Fight against Infectious Disease:  Current Challenges -- Conclusion -- 8  THE GENDERED WORLD -- Introduction -- Defining Our Terms -- Gender, Poverty, and Development -- Poverty -- Development -- Economic models underlying development: two competing theories -- Development failures and emerging gendered approaches -- United Nations -- In Focus: Microcredit -- Labor and Migration -- Human Security and Human Rights -- What is human security? -- Human trafficking -- Human rights -- Sexual violence -- Prostitution -- Armed conflict -- UN human rights efforts -- Education and Health -- "]
[{"$nulls":4},"Education and training -- Health -- Conclusion -- 9  INFORMATION AND  COMMUNICATION  TECHNOLOGIES -- Introduction -- Information and Communication Technologies -- The Information Age -- Information overload -- Information literacy -- The Digital Age -- Networked: The Impact of the Internet -- A brief history of the Internet -- Growth of the web -- Online participation and social networks in the network society -- Web 2.0 -- Wikis -- Social network sites -- Online political networking -- The Digital Divide -- In-Focus: Internet Censorship -- ICTs and development -- New Media -- The global village -- Globalization and media."]
[{"$nulls":4},"Conclusion -- 10  WAR AND VIOLENT  CONFLICT -- Introduction -- When Does Violent Conflict Become War? -- State-based conflicts -- Non-state conflicts and one-sided violence -- The History of War -- Warfare and early civilizations -- War in Ancient Greece -- Warfare from 600 bce to 1450 ce -- Warfare from 1450 to 1750 -- Warfare from 1750 to 1900 -- Warfare from 1900 to 1950 -- The Cold War -- War since the collapse of the Soviet Union -- Causes of War -- Savage brutes or peaceful primitives? -- Human evolution and war -- Power factors that cause war -- Causes of civil wars -- Ethical and Legal Dimensions of War -- Just war theory -- Resorting to war -- Conducting war -- Terminating war -- International law and rules for war -- Global conflict issues and international law -- Landmines -- Small arms sales -- Resource-based conflicts -- In Focus: Private Military Companies -- The Costs of War -- War deaths -- Psychological casualties -- Lost childhoods -- Damage to physical and socioeconomic capital -- Damage to the environment -- Military spending -- Conclusion -- 11  PEACE -- Introduction -- What Constitutes Peace? Defining Our Terms -- Origins of the Modern Peace Movement -- The 1800s -- The Quakers -- Secular peace movements -- The early 1900s -- World War I -- World War II -- The Cold War -- The Vietnam era -- Post-Vietnam -- Where are we now? -- Waging Peace -- Pacifism -- Nonviolent resistance -- Nation-states and international organizations -- Ending structural violence -- Global Connections: The Personal  Dimension of Peace -- In Focus: United Fruit -- Conclusion -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Taking an interdisciplinary approach, An Introduction to Global Studies presents readers with a solid introduction to the complex, interconnected forces and issues confronting today's globalized world.  Introduces readers to major theories, key terms, concepts, and notable theorists Equips readers with the basic knowledge and conceptual tools necessary for thinking critically about the complex issues facing the global community Includes a variety of supplemental features to facilitate learning and enhance readers' understanding of the material."]