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Global Awareness
Robert P. Clark
其他書名
Thinking Systematically about the World
出版Rowman & Littlefield, 2002
主題Political Science / GlobalizationScience / Environmental ScienceSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN07425159319780742515932
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=H5oYmBcWeN4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book raises students' awareness and understanding of global trends, forces, and events by showing them how to think about the world systematically. Based on more than a decade of teaching about global issues to university undergraduates, the book focuses on understanding globalization and its effects on our lives. The book's seven chapters cover important principles and concepts from the systems perspective, such as what a system is, what global systems are, how and why systems grow and decline, what makes global systems invisible, how global issues are addressed as political questions, and others. Seven case studies apply these principles to global issues, such as the AIDS pandemic, endangered species and endangered languages, global energy systems and gasoline prices, contaminated food, and the consequences of the terrorist attacks of 9-11. The book includes two appendices: a glossary of important global system terms, and a description of global systems and cyberspace, including the structure and governance of the Internet.