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World in disorder : an interdisciplinary approach to global issues / Sheldon Smith.
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Smith, Sheldon, 1940-
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Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©1993.
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391 pages ; 24 cm
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Forrestal Annex - A
GN492 .S63 1993
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Political anthropology
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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.
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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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