Understanding globalization : the social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change /
Schaeffer, Robert K.
Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Globalizing production in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan -- Dollar devaluations -- Fighting inflation -- Debt crisis and globalization -- Debt and taxes - Dictatorship and democracy -- Falling commodity prices -- The rise of China -- Collateral damage : the causes and consequences of 9/11 -- 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.
Globalization.
Social history
World politics
Economic history
Global environmental change.