
World At Risk: A Global Issues Source Book
CQ Press, Spring 2002
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. 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, subjects range from economic, social, and political issues to environment and security issues, and includes articles on such topics as:
- AIDS
- Arms Control
- Biodiversity
- Development Aid
- Human Rights
- Income Inequality
- Peacemaking and Peacebuilding
- War Crimes
- World Trade
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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Awards
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4/15/2011: Library Journal Cites
Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
on its Best Reference 2010 List