Global Problems: The Search For Equity, Peace, and Sustainability - Couverture souple

Sernau, Scott R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0205343929 ISBN 13 : 9780205343928

Editeur : Pearson, 2005

Synopsis

This text uses sociological perspectives to examine the various dimensions of globalization, and the issues of inequality, war and violence, and environmental sustainability that are occurring on a global scale. The opening chapter summarizes the fundamental debates and issues associated with globalization, and vivid examples from everyday life show readers how their lived experiences are interconnected with global forces and processes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Scott Sernau (Ph.D. Cornell University) is Professor of Sociology at Indiana University South Bend where he regularly teaches courses on globalization, social and international inequalities, family, urban society, and race and ethnic relations.  He is the author of Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change, Critical Choices: Applying Sociological Insight, Bound: Living in the Globalized World, andWorlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a Global Economy.  He has won numerous campus and statewide teaching awards and serves on the IU Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching. 

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Global Problems: The Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability examines the various dimensions of globalization and the social problems of inequality, war and violence, and environmental sustainability that are occurring on a global scale. Clear writing and vivid, current examples help readers to better understand their roles as global citizens.

The book is divided into three parts:

Part I focuses on the challenges of global inequalities: in life chances, wages and work, gender and education.

Part II focuses on conflict and violence at all levels: from crime to politics, terrorism to war.

Part III focuses on the issue of sustainability and the problems of urbanization, crowding, and environmental destruction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0205343929
• ISBN 13: 9780205343928
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie