Research Catalog

Title

Global social problems / edited by Vic George and Robert M. Page.

Publication

Cambridge : Polity, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Attawell, Kathy.
• George, Victor.
• Page, Robert M.

Description

x, 235 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In this new textbook, Vic George and Robert Page provide an introduction to global social problems and the emergence of a global social policy response. With suggestions for further reading and an accessible style, this book will be essential reading for undergraduate students in the social sciences, particularly those studying social policy, sociology and politics."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Globalization > Social aspects
• Internationalisatie
• Politieke kwesties
• Social policy
• Social problems
• Sociale problemen

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Note

• Contributors: Kathy Attawell ... [et al.].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Globalization, risk and social problems / Vic George -- Globalization and social welfare / Robert M. Page -- Globalization and the environment / Andrew Dobson -- Globalization and poverty / Vic George -- Globalization of crime: terror in a contracting globe / Mark Findlay -- Globalization and drugs / Larry Harrison -- Globalization and AIDS / Kathy Attawell -- Globalization and family violence / Jan Pahl, Claudia Hasanbegovic and Mei-Kuei Yu -- Globalization and racism / Norman Ginsburg -- Globalization, migration and asylum / Stephen Castles and Sean Loughna.

ISBN

• 0745629512 (hbk.)
• 9780745629513 (hbk.)
• 0745629520 (pbk.)
• 9780745629520 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2004304832

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library