Global Issues

12/13
ISBN: 978-0-07-805118-0
Verlag: Dushkin Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 206 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Annual Editions: Global Issues

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Robert

Jackson, Robert M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Annual Editions: Global Issues 12/13, Twenty-Eighth EditionPrefaceSeriesCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesWorld MapUnit 1: Global Issues in the Twenty-First Century: An OverviewUnit Overview1. Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World: Executive Summary, U.S. National Intelligence Council, November 2008This widely quoted report examines important change factors transforming the international political system from the structure established following WWII. The executive summary of the report is presented here.2. The New Geopolitics of Food, Lester R. Brown, Foreign Policy, May/June 2011Lester Brown argues that both farmers and foreign ministers need to get ready for a new era of world food scarcity. He describes the reasons why the era of abundant food supplies has ended.3. Navigating the Energy Transition, Michael T. Klare, Current History, January 2009The transition from the current fossil fuel energy system to one based largely on renewables will be technically difficult and filled with political dangers. The reasons for these difficulties are described.4. Asia's Rise: Rise and Fall, Paul Kennedy, The World Today, August 2010The shift of international power toward Asia is analyzed in the context of the broader historical question of why nations gain and lose power. Kennedy argues that economic growth is the primary factor that provides the means to extend and defend power.5. China's Search for a Grand Strategy, Wang Jisi, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2011The author, who is dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University, discusses China's growing influence in global affairs. Devising an effective foreign policy will not be easy for China as it simultaneously protects its core interests while pursuing rapid economic development.Unit 2: Population and Food ProductionUnit Overview6. The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World, Jack A. Goldstone, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2010Over the next forty years, the relative demographic weight of the world's developed countries will significantly drop as their workforce ages and numerically declines. Most of the world's population growth will be concentrated in the poorest countries. At the same time most of the world's population will become urbanized. These four trends have significant political and economic consequences.7. Population and Sustainability, Robert Engelman, Scientific American, Summer 2009Reversing the increase in human population is the most overlooked and essential strategy for achieving long-term balance with the environment. Contrary to widespread opinion, it does not require population control.8. Why Migration Matters, Khalid Koser, Current History, April 2009The increasing importance of migration derives from its growing scale and its widening global reach.9. The Blue Food Revolution, Sarah Simpson, Scientific American, February 2011Offshore fish farming and cleaner near-shore operations could provide the world with an adequate supply of protein-rich food according to the author. Global meat consumption is rising as wild fisheries decline. Meat production, however, has significant pollution problems. A comparison of the sustainability and cost effectiveness of offshore aquaculture with meat pr