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" World at risk : "
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BL
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698927
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b521116
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| Title & Author
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World at risk : : a global issues sourcebook.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: CQ Press,, [2010]
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, ©2010
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xvii, 822 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 27 cm
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0872899195 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780872899193 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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DEMOGRAPHICS AND SETTLEMENT: Immigration / Tara Magner -- Population / Ulla Larsen -- Refugees and forced migrants / Stephen C. Lubkemann -- Urbanization / Melanie Jarman -- ECONOMICS: Development aid / Catherine E. Weaver -- Income inequality / Bob Sutcliffe -- International finance / Clint Peinhardt -- Labor and employment / Scott B. Martin -- World trade / Kar-yiu Wong -- ENVIRONMENT: Biodiversity / Tim Allman -- Deforestation / Tim Allman -- Energy / Richard B. Norgaard -- Freshwater / Melanie Jarman -- Climate change / Melanie Jarman -- Pollution / Melanie Jarman -- EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND WELFARE: AIDS / Ulla Larsen -- Health / David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Jennifer O'Brien -- Hunger and food security / Suresh C. Babu -- Literacy and educational access / Ulla Larsen -- Women / Aili Tripp -- POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE: Human rights / Daan Bronkhorst -- International law / Bruce Cronin -- International criminal justice / Eric Stover -- Transnational governance / Daan Bronkhorst -- War crimes / Timothy L. H. McCormack -- SECURITY: Arms control / J. Peter Scoblic -- Drug trafficking / Mary Sisson -- Ethnic and regional conflict / Murat Somer -- Genocide / Edward Kissi -- Human trafficking / Rachel Shigekane -- Peacemaking and peacebuilding / Mary Hope Schwoebel and Erin McCandless -- Terrorism / Ann E. Robertson.
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| Abstract
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Contains articles that analyze thirty significant issues facing the world in the twenty-first century, covering the fields of economics, the environment, human development, law, politics, and security, and includes maps, statistics, case studies, biographical sketches, and other references and resources.
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Economic history-- 21st century.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Environmental policy.
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International relations.
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Security, International.
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Social history-- 21st century.
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World politics-- 21st century.
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300
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JZ1242.W67 2010
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CQ Press.
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