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For global studies courses across the curriculum, Ann Kelleher and Laura Kleinrs"sGlobal Perspectivesprovides a broad analytical framework for understanding cultural, economic, environmental, and political issues. This brief multidisciplinary primer introduces the basic concepts needed to study global issues as well as the differing perspectives that scholars, policymakers, and individuals bring to these issues.Global Perspectiveshelps students make sense of short and long-term problems facing the world in the twenty-first century, historical a... MORE

Preface	p. xi
Introduction to the Modern World	p. 1
Perceptions of the World	p. 2
The Physical World	p. 2
The Political World	p. 3
The Ethnic World	p. 3
Emergence of the Modern World	p. 4
The World in 1350	p. 4
Early European Expansion: From the 1400s to the Early 1600s	p. 6
Later European Expansion: From the... MORE 1600s to the Early 1900s	p. 7
The Twentieth-Century World	p. 9
Post-World War II Trends	p. 17
U.S. Leadership	p. 17
The Soviet Challenge	p. 18
The End of Colonialism	p. 19
Increasing Interconnections	p. 20
Globalization	p. 21
Exponential Increases in International Economic Transactions	p. 21
Integration of International/Global Economic Decision Making	p. 22
Strengthened Political International Governmental Organizations	p. 22
Increases in International Nongovernmental Contacts and Communication	p. 23
Visual Analysis 1.1. Lithograph of Uncle Sam and people from American Colonies	p. 24
Terms and Concepts	p. 25
Discussion Questions	p. 25
Internet Resources	p. 25
Ethnicity and Global Diversity	p. 26
Culture: The Definition of Humanity	p. 27
Culture Change	p. 28
Cultures, Subcultures, and Other Cultural Classifications	p. 30
Ethnic Groups	p. 30
Indigenous Peoples	p. 31
Immigration	p. 32
Races	p. 33
Sex	p. 35
Gender	p. 35
Religions	p. 36
Classes	p. 37
Reactions to Diversity	p. 38
Ethnocentrism	p. 38
Cultural Relativity	p. 38
Racism and Sexism	p. 39
Human Rights	p. 40
Case Study: Female Genital Cutting	p. 40
Ethnocentrism	p. 44
Gender/Sex	p. 44
Human Rights	p. 45
Visual Analysis 2.1. World Day against Female Circumcision	p. 46
Terms and Concepts	p. 47
Discussion Questions	p. 47
Internet Resources	p. 47
Perspectives on Ethnicity and Global Diversity	p. 48
Global Primacy	p. 49
Assimilation and Acculturation	p. 50
Syncretism	p. 51
State Primacy	p. 51
Patriotism	p. 51
Paternalism	p. 52
Critiques from the Global Primacy Perspective	p. 52
Cultural Primacy	p. 53
Diversity Within States	p. 54
Diversity Between States	p. 55
Critiques from the Global Primacy and State Primacy Perspectives	p. 56
Synthesis	p. 57
Case Study: Nunavut	p. 57
Foraging Cultures	p. 58
Changes	p. 58
Inuit Nationalism	p. 60
The Territory of Nunavut	p. 61
Analysis	p. 63
Perspectives Applied to Nunavut	p. 64
A View from the Global Primacy Perspective	p. 64
A View from the State Primacy Perspective	p. 65
A View from the Cultural Primacy Perspective	p. 66
Visual Analysis 3.1. Contemporary Life in Nunavut	p. 68
Terms and Concepts	p. 69
Discussion Questions	p. 69
Internet Resources	p. 69
Economic Development	p. 70
Defining the Issue	p. 71
Underdevelopment: A Vicious Cycle	p. 74
Dual Economy	p. 74
Low Productivity	p. 75
Insufficient Capital	p. 76
Lack of Human Services	p. 76
The Colonial Legacy	p. 78
Outside Interventions	p. 79
Trade	p. 79
Aid	p. 80
Private Investment	p. 81
Technical Assistance	p. 81
Contributing Factors	p. 82
Insufficient Natural Resources	p. 82
Explosive Population Growth	p. 82
Lack of Social Cohesion and Wars	p. 85
Corruption	p. 86
Case Study: Namibia as a Developing Country	p. 87
Political and Social Factors	p. 88
Interrelated, Structural Economic Factors	p. 89
External Sources of Capital	p. 91
Visual Analysis 4.1. School girls in Namibia	p. 93
Terms and Concepts	p. 94
Discussion Questions	p. 94
Internet Resources	p. 94
Perspectives on Economic Development	p. 95
Liberal Economics	p. 95
Comparative Advantage	p. 96
Policies Needed	p. 97
Dependency	p. 98
Structural Inequality-Neocolonialism	p. 98
Government Intervention	p. 99
International Economic System	p. 100
Critique from the Liberal Economics Perspective	p. 102
Participatory Development	p. 103
Local Decision Making	p. 103
Available Technology	p. 104
Environmental Compatibility	p. 104
Critiques from the Liberal Economics and Dependency Perspectives	p. 105
Case Study: Microcredit and Microfinance	p. 106
Grameen Bank	p. 107
The Three Economic Perspectives Applied to the Case Study	p. 109
A View from the Liberal Economics Perspective	p. 110
A View from the Dependency Perspective	p. 110
A View from the Participatory Development Perspective	p. 111
Visual Analysis 5.1. Obtaining Water in Sri Lanka	p. 112
Terms and Concepts	p. 113
Discussion Questions	p. 113
Internet Resources	p. 113
Global Health	p. 115
Ecosystems: The Nature of Environment	p. 115
Interrelationship of Environmental Systems	p. 116
Threats to Critical Resources	p. 117
Air	p. 117
Water	p. 121
Land	p. 123
Plants and Animals	p. 125
Resources in Balance	p. 128
Human Health	p. 128
Diseases	p. 129
Health Care	p. 130
Malnutrition	p. 131
Case Study: Brazil and the Tropical Rain Forest	p. 132
Amazonian Environment	p. 133
Economic Uses of the Amazon	p. 134
Indigenous Peoples	p. 136
Analysis	p. 138
Visual Analysis 6.1. Cattle Farming in the Amazon	p. 139
Terms and Concepts	p. 140
Discussion Questions	p. 140
Internet Resources	p. 140
Perspectives on Global Health	p. 141
High-Technology Perspective	p. 142
Shared-Technology Perspective	p. 144
Critique from the High-Technology Perspective	p. 145
Appropriate-Technology Perspective	p. 146
Critiques from the High-Technology and Shared-Technology Perspectives	p. 148
Case Study: Pandemics	p. 149
Perils in a Global Ecosystem	p. 150
Influenza Pandemics	p. 151
Analysis	p. 155
Perspectives on Pandemics	p. 156
A View from the High-Technology Perspective	p. 156
A View from the Shared-Technology Perspective	p. 158
A View from the Appropriate-Technology Perspective	p. 159
Visual Analysis 7.1. Spanish Flu	p. 161
Terms and Concepts	p. 162
Discussion Questions	p. 162
Internet Resources	p. 162
Peace and War	p. 163
Anarchic Nature of the International System	p. 165
Sovereignty	p. 165
International Anarchy	p. 166
Power	p. 167
Effects of Globalization	p. 167
Model of Peace and War	p. 169
War Strategies	p. 170
Balance of Power Strategies	p. 174
International-Rule-of-Law Strategies	p. 178
Case Study: Afghanistan and Iraq Wars	p. 182
Visual Analysis 8.1. Afghan man meets a foreigner	p. 186
Terms and Concepts	p. 187
Discussion Questions	p. 187
Internet Resources	p. 187
Perspectives on Peace and War	p. 189
State Sovereignty	p. 190
Deterrence and Military Power Paradoxes	p. 191
World Order	p. 191
One World	p. 192
Functional Interdependence	p. 192
U.S. Leadership	p. 193
World Government	p. 193
Critique from the State Sovereignty Perspective	p. 194
Ethnic Autonomy	p. 194
Critiques from the State Sovereignty and World Order Perspectives	p. 196
Case Study: The War in Bosnia	p. 196
A Tangle of Participants	p. 197
Groups within Bosnia	p. 198
The Balkan States	p. 199
International Actors	p. 201
The Dayton Accord	p. 203
Analysis	p. 206
Peace and War Perspectives Applied to the War in Bosnia	p. 206
A View from the State Sovereignty Perspective	p. 208
A View from the World Order Perspective	p. 209
A View from the Ethnic Autonomy Perspective	p. 210
Visual Analysis 9.1. Bosnian woman	p. 212
Terms and Concepts	p. 213
Discussion Questions	p. 213
Internet Resources	p. 213
Glossary	p. 214
References Cited	p. 223
Credits	p. 231
Index	p. 232
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For global studies courses across the curriculum, Ann Kelleher and Laura Klein's Global Perspectives provides a broad analytical framework for understanding cultural, economic, environmental, and political issues. This brief multidisciplinary primer introduces the basic concepts needed to study global issues as well as the differing perspectives that scholars, policymakers, and individuals bring to these issues. Global Perspectives helps students make sense of short and long-term problems facing the world in the twenty-first century, historical and current events that led to and fuel these problems, and the consequences of their choices in an era of globalization.

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