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World At Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook World At Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook

As the connections between countries become closer and more complex, the issues and concerns that affect one region of the world quickly become concerns of everyone, everywhere. The World at Risk: A Global Issues Sourcebook offers students, researchers, and laypersons convenient, comprehensive, and systematic coverage of the world’s pressing issues. Organized issue by issue in A to Z format, topics range from economic, social, and political issues to environment and security issues. The complete list of topics are:

  • AIDS
  • Arms Control
  • Biodiversity
  • Cultural Preservation
  • Deforestation
  • Development Aid
  • Energy
  • Epidemics
  • Ethnic and Regional Conflict
  • Fragile Ecosystems
  • Freshwater
  • Genocide
  • Global Warming
  • Health
  • Human Rights
  • hunger and Food Security
  • Income Inequality
  • International Criminal Justice
  • International Law
  • Labor and Employment
  • Literacy and Education Access
  • Peacemaking and Peachbuilding
  • Pollution
  • Population
  • Refugees
  • Terrorism
  • Urbanization
  • War Crimes
  • Women
  • World Trade

Published by CQPress, Spring 2002

Award

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2002

Review Quotes

“…this work is characterized by analytical excellence. Recommended for all reference collections."  -Choice

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