Global problems, global solutions : prospects for a better world

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Author:

Chirico, JoAnn, author.

ISBN:

9781071902226

Personal Author:

Chirico, JoAnn, author.

Edition:

Second edition.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 797 pages : illustrations, graphs ; 26 cm

Contents:

Private Troubles and Social Problems: Developing a Sociological Imagination -- Socioeconomic Fault Lines: Inequality, Poverty, and Development -- Starving in the Shadow of Plenty -- Optimizing Human Capital: Good Health -- Expanding Horizons Through Lifelong Learning -- Fom Difference to Discrimination: Fault Lines of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion -- You Can’t Empower Us With Chickens: Gender Through the Lifespan -- When Life Becomes a Commodity: Human and Wildlife Trafficking -- Transnational Property Crimes -- The Challenge of Political Violence - Global Flows of Refugees -- Destruction and Depletion of the Natural Environment -- Climate Change and Global Warming -- Urbanization: The Lure of the Cities -- A World Gone Awry?: The State of Governance.

Abstract:

"Approaches social problems from a global perspective with an emphasis on using one’s sociological imagination. Perfect for instructors who involve students in research, this text connects problems borne by individuals to regional, global and historical forces, and stresses the importance of evidence in forming opinions and policies addressing social issues. The Second Edition explores three broad themes--nourishing human capital, restoring civility, and sustaining natural and manufactured environments--as it examines the causes and consequences of a range of problems related to economic inequality, discrimination and persecution, war and violence, food production, population flows, health and longevity, the environment, and other issues that we encounter in our lives. The book concludes with a chapter on politics and government, underscoring the need for good governance at all levels–and cooperation among many layers of government-- to build a better world."-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Social norms.

Social problems.

Globalization -- Social aspects.

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Global Problems, Global Solutions: Prospects for a Better World approaches social problems from a global perspective with an emphasis on using one's sociological imagination. Perfect for instructors who involve students in research, this text connects problems borne by individuals to regional, global and historical forces, and stresses the importance of evidence in forming opinions and policies addressing social issues. The Second Edition explores three broad themes--nourishing human capital, restoring civility, and sustaining natural and manufactured environments--as it examines the causes and consequences of a range of problems related to economic inequality, discrimination and persecution, war and violence, food production, population flows, health and longevity, the environment, and other issues that we encounter in our lives. The book concludes with a chapter on politics and government, underscoring the need for good governance at all levels-and cooperation among many layers of government-to build a better world.