Understanding globalization
Subtitle: the social consequences of political, economic, and environmental change
By: Robert K. Schaeffer.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780742561793; 9780742561809; 9780742565197
Subjects: Globalization; Social history -- 1945-; World politics -- 1945-1989; Economic history -- 1945-; Global environmental change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalizing production in the United States, western Europe, and Japan; title: Dollar devaluations; title: Fighting inflation; title: Debt crisis and globalization; title: An age of migrations; title: Dictatorship and democracy; title: The rise of China; title: The legacy of partition in India and Pakistan : 1947-1948; title: Partition in Palestine : 1948; title: Revolution and war in Iran and Iraq : 1978-1980; title: Revolution and war in Afghanistan; title: The aftermath of 9/11; title: Global climate change.