Global Social Problems

by Allan Mazur Syracuse University

Overview

While conventional social problems textbooks focus on issues in the United States, Global Social Problems examines major problems around the world. Beginning with a broad history of how humanity came to be divided along its present major social cleavages, the text then turns to the specific problems of war, social inequality, population, and resources and environment. It is intended as a core reading for a class on global social problems including war, inequality, population, and resources and environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742548039
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2007
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 9.41(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Allan Mazur is professor of public affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Gilbert White Fellow at Resources for the Future in Washington, DC.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Objectivity and Bias
Chapter 2 The Agrarian/Urban Transformation
Chapter 3 Industrialization in Europe and America
Chapter 4 Twentieth Century Superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union
Chapter 5 War
Chapter 6 Inequality
Chapter 7 Population
Chapter 8 Technology, Resources, and Environment
Chapter 9 Prospects