Understanding globalization : the social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change
Title:
Understanding globalization : the social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change
Author:
Schaeffer, Robert K.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Publication Information:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
xiv, 319 pages ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Globalizing production in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan -- Dollar devaluations -- Fighting inflation -- Debt crisis and globalization -- An age of migrations -- Dictatorship and democracy -- The rise of China -- The legacy of partition in India and Pakistan : 1947-1948 -- Partition in Palestine : 1948 -- Revolution and war in Iran and Iraq : 1978-1980 -- Revolution and war in Afghanistan -- The aftermath of 9/11 -- Global climate change.
ISBN:
9780742561793
9780742561809
9780742565197
Format :
Book
