Chernotsky, Harry Ira.

Crossing borders : international studies for the 21st century / Harry I. Chernotsky, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Heidi H. Hobbs, North Carolina State University. - Los Angeles : CQ Press, [2013] - xvii, 307 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.



Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Getting your global bearings : navigating the world -- Point of departure : planet Earth -- Jump starting the trip : the role of technology -- Searching for security : the political world -- Challenges to security -- Seeking prosperity : the global economy -- Challenges to prosperity -- Protecting identity : the people of the world -- Challenges to identity -- Managing the world : cooperation at the global level -- Challenges to cooperation -- Connecting to the world : where do you go from here? -- Notes -- Index.

Offers a framework for understanding global issues such as global governance and cooperation, poverty and disease, and human rights, and discusses geographical, political, economic, social, and cultural borders.



9781604269567 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1604269561

2012042949


Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
Security, International.
Economic development.
International relations.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
International security.
Economic development.
International relations.

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