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| AE: Global Issues, 09/10 | |
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| Preface | |
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| Correlation Guide | |
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| Topic Guide | |
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| Internet References | |
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| Global Issues in the Twenty-First Century: An Overview Unit Overview | |
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| A Special Moment in History | |
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| The Atlantic,May 1998 The interconnected dangers ofoverpopulation, climate change, and pollutionhave been in the headlines for years, but doomsday has not yet arrived | |
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| Bill McKibben examines two important questions: What if we have already inflicted serious damage on the planet? | |
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| And what if there are only a few decades left to salvage a stable environment? | |
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| Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated? | |
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| Scientific American,September 2005 One of the United Nations Millennium Project’s goals was reducing by half the level of extremepovertyby 201 | |
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| The director of the project describes how business as usual has to be replaced with programs that address the underlying causes of poverty by improvinghealth, education, water, sanitation, food production, and roads | |
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| The Ideology of Development | |
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| Foreign Policy,July/August 2007 | |
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| The author critically evaluates both theeconomic and political assumptionsofdevelopmenttheorists such as Jeffrey Sachs and Thomas Friedman. Easterly argues that the top down approach managed by international bureaucrats has done little to alleviatepovertywhile at the same time minimizing local solutions to economic challenges | |
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| This article is an excellent companion piece to other articles in this section, for it presents a distinctly different perspective | |
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| The Rise of the Rest | |
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| Newsweek,May 12, 2008 There is considerable speculation about thefuturerole of the United States in theinternational economic system | |
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| The author discusses the growing political and economic importance of other countries and how the United States must learn to adapt if it is going to maintain its ability to lead | |
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| Feminists and Fundamentalists | |
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| Current History,March 2006 Thewomen’s movementhad great success during the twentieth century | |
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| Today, it faces a backlash | |
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| The new challenges facing women are discussed along with strategies to meet them | |
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| Population and Food Production Unit Overview | |
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| The Century Ahead | |
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| Daedalus,Winter 2006 Rapidpopulationgrowth was the dominant demographic trend in the twentieth century | |
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| The author argues that the twenty-first century is likely to be the century of aging | |
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| The implications of this demographic transition are examined in different regions of the world | |
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| Africa’s Restless Youth | |
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| Current History,May 2007 While much of the world’s population is aging, Africa is in the midst of ademographicyouth bulge | |
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| Thesocial and political consequencesof this are described in this article | |
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| Still Hungry: One Eighth of the World’s People Do Not Have Enough to Eat | |
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| Scientific American,September 2007 The cause ofhungeris not insufficientfood production | |
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| Factors contributing to hunger are discussed along with identifying who is hungry and where they are located | |
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| Pandemic Pandemonium | |
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| National Journal,July/August 2008 A broad discussion of various diseases and the potential forpandemicsis presented here | |
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| The article describes the efforts and challenges facing national andinternational health organizationsas they confront the age-old threat to civilization | |
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| The Global Environment and Natural Resources Utilization Unit Overview | |
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| Deflating the World’s Bubble Economy | |
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| USA Today Magazine,November 2003 Lester Brown is one of the leading commentators on globalenvironmental issues | |
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| In this article, he argues that unless damaging trends are reversed, depleted aquifers and exhausted soils could lead to the abandonment of richagricultural areas | |
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| Brown also provides case studies of a number of successful transitions to sustainable practices | |
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| The Great Leap Backward? | |
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| Foreign Affairs,September/October 2007 China’s rapideconomic growthis resulting in deteriorating environmental conditions | |
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| These consequences are described along with the government’s ambitious targets forenvironmental protection,which are often ignored by local officials | |
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| Water of Life in Peril | |
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| Today’s Dietitian,October 2007 The author provides a comprehensive discussion of the strain on fresh water supplies, including inefficient, wasteful irrigation andfoodproduction systems | |
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| The article examines different efforts to increase efficiency, includingrecyclingwaste water | |
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| Ocean ‘Dead Zones’ Spreading Worldwide | |
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| The Sacramento Bee,August 15, 2008 The number of known areas of theoceansand coastal waters where life has been snuffed out due to oxygen depletion has doubled in the last two years | |
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| The article summarizes theresearchrelated to this problem | |
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| Cry of the Wild | |
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| Newsweek,August 6, 2007 Hunting, including protected animals, is amultimillion-dollar business | |
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| The impact of hunting onendangered speciesis described along with the efforts to protect the world’s vanishing wildlife | |
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| Political Economy Unit Overview | |
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| Globalization Debate | |
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| Globalization and Its Contents | |
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| World Policy Journal,Winter 2004/05 | |
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| The termglobalizationhas different meanings for different people, often depending on their political perspective | |
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| The debate about the positive and negative impacts of this situation is reviewed from a broad historical perspective | |
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| The author concludes that the evidence strongly suggests thathuman prosperityis improving as boundaries between people are lowered | |
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| It’s a Flat World, After All | |
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| The New York Times,April 3, 2005 Thomas Friedman is a well-known commentator who has contributed significantly to the debate aboutglobalization.This article summarizes his latest book | |
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| The World IsFlat.He discusses a number oftechnological trendsthat are not only involving new participants in the global economy but also fundamentally changing the way people do business | |
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| Why the World Isn’t Flat,Pankaj Ghemawat,Foreign Policy,March/April 2007 The concept ofglobalizationhas defined much of the debate about internationaleconomic activity | |