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