Global Issues
Selections from CQ Researcher
1st Edition
Published on 9. August 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-4522-2670-5 (ISBN)
Description
Are you tired of simplistic treatment of the world's most important issues?
So many competing readers offer simple black and white treatment of today's complex problems. Help your students see the shades of gray.
In this annual reader, CQ Researcher reporters offer students an in-depth and nuanced look at sixteen of today's most pressing issues, ranging from changes in the Middle East and prospects for peace to climate change and terrorism. Each chapter identifies the key players, explores what's at stake, and offers necessary background and analysis so students understand how past and current developments impact the future of each issue. Also included: Pron box that examines two competing sides of a single issue question; Detailed chronology; Annotated bibliography and web resources; and Photos, charts, graphs, and maps.
So many competing readers offer simple black and white treatment of today's complex problems. Help your students see the shades of gray.
In this annual reader, CQ Researcher reporters offer students an in-depth and nuanced look at sixteen of today's most pressing issues, ranging from changes in the Middle East and prospects for peace to climate change and terrorism. Each chapter identifies the key players, explores what's at stake, and offers necessary background and analysis so students understand how past and current developments impact the future of each issue. Also included: Pron box that examines two competing sides of a single issue question; Detailed chronology; Annotated bibliography and web resources; and Photos, charts, graphs, and maps.
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Edition
2012 Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
771 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4522-2670-5 (9781452226705)
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CQ Researcher is the choice of librarians, researchers, and students seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on the most vital issues shaping our world. Each weekly report offers in-depth, unbiased coverage of a single topic. Written by CQ Press's staff of experienced reporters, these reports provide up-to-date information on a wide range of social, economic, political, environmental, and international issues.
Content
I. CONFLICT, SECURITY, AND TERRORISM
1. Rising Tension Over Iran
2. Emerging Central Asia
3. Future of the Gulf States
4. Resolving Land Disputes
5. Weapons in Space
6. U.S.-Pakistan Relations
7. Foreign Aid and National Security
8. Russia in Turmoil
II. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
9. Sharia Controversy
10. Peacebuilding
11. Gendercide Crisis
12. Saving Indigenous Peoples
III. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
13. Future of the Euro
14. The Resource Curse
15. Rising Food Prices
16. Youth Unemployment
1. Rising Tension Over Iran
2. Emerging Central Asia
3. Future of the Gulf States
4. Resolving Land Disputes
5. Weapons in Space
6. U.S.-Pakistan Relations
7. Foreign Aid and National Security
8. Russia in Turmoil
II. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
9. Sharia Controversy
10. Peacebuilding
11. Gendercide Crisis
12. Saving Indigenous Peoples
III. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
13. Future of the Euro
14. The Resource Curse
15. Rising Food Prices
16. Youth Unemployment