Understanding globalization the social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schaeffer, Robert K.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., ©2009.
Edition:4th ed.
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Table of 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.