Global Issues is a textbook that bridges political science, sociology, geography, ecology, international relations, economics, and development studies. It is distinctive in providing survey-level perspectives of environmental and development issues which are truly global in nature. Other textbooks may offer more technical perspectives for each of the fields listed above, but they do not provide the same broad, accessible perspective on how these fields intersect.
By examining the multiple dimensions of development, inequality, environment, and society in the wake of increasingly clear global limits, this textbook provides students with a framework by which to understand the relationship between nations, society, corporations, and the environment on which they all depend. The rapidly evolving global sphere demands that information, examples, and occasionally even the framing be systematically updated. This sixth edition offers precisely this opportunity to enable Global Issues to retain and increase its relevance over the next few years.
It offers a new chapter contextualizing the shift from development as a strictly economic matter towards the mainstreaming of sustainable development and the associated implications for development pathways and policies. In addition it incorporates new case studies and examples throughout with greater emphasis on issues such as migration, food security, and the impact of climate change on development
