World at risk : a global issues sourcebook.
Contains articles that analyze thirty significant issues facing the world in the twenty-first century, covering the fields of economics, the environment, human development, law, politics, and security, and includes maps, statistics, case studies, biographical sketches, and other references and resou...
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Washington, D.C. :
CQ Press,
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Table of Contents:
- DEMOGRAPHICS AND SETTLEMENT: Immigration / Tara Magner
- Population / Ulla Larsen
- Refugees and forced migrants / Stephen C. Lubkemann
- Urbanization / Melanie Jarman
- ECONOMICS: Development aid / Catherine E. Weaver
- Income inequality / Bob Sutcliffe
- International finance / Clint Peinhardt
- Labor and employment / Scott B. Martin
- World trade / Kar-yiu Wong
- ENVIRONMENT: Biodiversity / Tim Allman
- Deforestation / Tim Allman
- Energy / Richard B. Norgaard
- Freshwater / Melanie Jarman
- Climate change / Melanie Jarman
- Pollution / Melanie Jarman
- EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND WELFARE: AIDS / Ulla Larsen
- Health / David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Jennifer O'Brien
- Hunger and food security / Suresh C. Babu
- Literacy and educational access / Ulla Larsen
- Women / Aili Tripp
- POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE: Human rights / Daan Bronkhorst
- International law / Bruce Cronin
- International criminal justice / Eric Stover
- Transnational governance / Daan Bronkhorst
- War crimes / Timothy L. H. McCormack
- SECURITY: Arms control / J. Peter Scoblic
- Drug trafficking / Mary Sisson
- Ethnic and regional conflict / Murat Somer
- Genocide / Edward Kissi
- Human trafficking / Rachel Shigekane
- Peacemaking and peacebuilding / Mary Hope Schwoebel and Erin McCandless
- Terrorism / Ann E. Robertson.