Schaeffer, Robert K.,

Understanding globalization : the social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change / Understanding globalisation Understanding globalisation : The social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change Robert K. Schaeffer. - Fourth edition. - xiv, 319 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalizing production in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan -- Dollar devaluations -- Fighting inflation -- Debt crisis and globalization -- An age of migrations -- Dictatorship and democracy -- The rise of China -- The legacy of partition in India and Pakistan : 1947-1948 -- Partition in Palestine : 1948 -- Revolution and war in Iran and Iraq : 1978-1980 -- Revolution and war in Afghanistan -- The aftermath of 9/11 -- Global climate change.

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Globalization.
Social history--1945-
World politics--1945-1989
Economic history--1945-
Global environmental change

JZ1318 / .S33 2009

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