World in disorder : an interdisciplinary approach to global issues / Sheldon Smith.

Author
Smith, Sheldon, 1940- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©1993.
Description
391 pages ; 24 cm

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-388) and index.
    Contents
    • I. Introduction: Anthropology, an Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues
    • II. The Great Transformation: Origins of the World System
    • 2. Europe and the Periphery in the 14th to 18th Centuries
    • 3. The Rise of Modern Nation States and the Cold War
    • 4. Modern Global Issues: Regional Conflicts and the World Environment
    • III. The Theory of Blocked Transitions: Economy and Polity
    • 1. Introduction: Modernization Theory and the New Institutional Economics
    • 2. The Theory of Blocked Transitions: an Interdisciplinary Model
    • 3. Revolution and Terrorism: Response to the Blocked Transition
    • IV. Stewardship of the Global Environment
    • 1. The Ecological Transition
    • 2. The Puebla-Tlaxcala Project
    • 3. Stewardship of Nature
    • V. Global Issues in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States
    • 2. Global Issue #1: Institutional Maladjustments in the United States
    • 3. Global Issue #2: The European Community and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
    • 4. Global Issue #3: Collapse of the Soviet Union and Communist Eastern Europe
    • 5. Global Issue #4: The Modernization of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe
    • 6. Global Issue #5: Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism
    • 7. Global Issue #6: Environmental Destruction in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth
    • VI. Global Issues in Latin America
    • 2. Global Issues #7: Privatization and Democratization in Mexico
    • 3. Global Issues #8: Democratization in Central America
    • 4. Global Issue #9: Democracy in Cuba?
    • 5. Global Issue #10: State Terrorism in Haiti
    • 6. Global Issue #11: State Terrorism, Privatization, and Democratization in South America
    • 7. Global Issue #12: Narco-Terrorism
    • 8. Global Issue #13: Eco-Suicide in Latin America
    • VII. Global Issues in the Middle East
    • 2. Global Issue #14: Terrorism and Conflict Between Palestinian Arabs and Israel
    • 3. Global Issue #15: The Civil War in Lebanon
    • 4. Global Issue #16: Iran vs. The United States and the Secular Arab States
    • 5. Global Issue #17: Terrorism and Nationalist Competition Between Arab States
    • 6. Global Issue #18: The Butcher of Baghdad and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
    • 7. Global Issue #19: The Mid-East Peace Conference
    • 8. Global Issue #20: Ecological Issues in the Middle East
    • VIII. Global Issues in Africa
    • 2. Global Issue #21: Regional Conflicts in East Africa
    • 3. Global Issue #22: Regional Wars in Southern Africa
    • 4. Global Issue #23: Apartheid in South Africa
    • 5. Global Issue #24: Famine and Drought
    • 6. Global Issue #25: Parastatals and Urban Poverty
    • 7. Global Issue #26: Democratization and Privatization in Africa
    • 8. Global Issue #27: Desertification in Africa
    • 9. Global Issue #28: The AIDS Pandemic in Africa
    • IX. Global Issues in Asia and the Pacific Rim
    • 2. Global Issue #29: The Chinese Revolution and the Failed Democratic Movement of 1989
    • 3. Global Issue #30: The Vietnamese-American Conflict and Changing Indochina
    • 4. Global Issue #31: The Russian-Afghanistan War of 1979-1989, and the Resurgence of Tribalism, 1989-1992
    • 5. Global Issue #32: Ethnic Conflict and Separatism in Asia
    • 6. Global Issue #33: The Success of the Pacific Rim
    • 7. Global Issue #34: Democratic and Free Market Reform in Asia and the Pacific Rim
    • 8. Global Issue #35: Ecology in Asia
    • X. Epilogue.
    ISBN
    • 0819191124 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780819191120 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0819191132 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780819191137 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    93015185
    OCLC
    27894815
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