TY  - BOOK
AU  - Straus,Scott
AU  - Driscoll,Barry
TI  - International studies: global forces, interactions, and tensions 
SN  - 1071814397
AV  - JZ1318 .S765 2022
U1  - 327 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks, California
PB  - CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc.
KW  - International relations
KW  - Globalization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; Foundations : --; 1; Global Interactions and Global Tensions --; 2; The Making of Our Global Age: Forces, Interactions, and Tensions Since 1800 --; 3; States: Shapers and Subjects of Global Interactions --; 4; Intergovernmental Organizations: Sites of Global Governance --; 5; Civil Society: Agents of Change in Global Interactions --; 6; Social Identities and Culture: Shaping Interactions at the Individual and Societal Levels --; 7; Money: Propelling Global Interactions --; Part II; Global Challenges : --; 8; Democracy and Representation: Struggles for Freedom and Efforts to Restrict It --; 9; Human Rights: The Challenge of Setting and Enforcing Global Norms --; 10; Development: The Challenge of Global Poverty --; 11; Civil Wars and Terrorism: New Global Security Challenges and Efforts to Manage Them --; 12; Migration: Confronting the Myths of Human Movement --; 13; Global Health: Addressing Inequalities in Outcomes --; 14; Global Environment: Confronting the Challenge of Climate Change --; 15; Global Food: How Can We Solve World Hunger?
N2  - "The challenge of teaching international studies is to help students think coherently about the multiple causes and effects of global problems. In International Studies: Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions, award-winning scholars Scott Straus and Barry Driscoll walk students through the foundations of the course; the major actors, institutions and theories; and finally the contemporary problems that will matter most to students. The authors give students a clear framework that pinpoints how key factors-forces, interactions, and tensions-contribute to world events and global problems like human rights abuses, economic inequality, pandemic and global health responses, and food security. The book raises the bar for the Introduction to International Studies course and is relevant to students studying geography, sociology, political science, and anthropology"--
ER  -