Unit 1 The Concept of Globalization
Close Reading Globalization s Misguided Assumptions
Further Reading The Truth About Globalization
Writing, Is Globalization a Positive Development for the World Community?
Unit 2 Global Warming
Close Reading Vanishing Alaska
Further Reading After Doctrine: Making Policy amid Uncertainty and Nescience
Writing Activities Is the Threat of Global Warming Real?
Unit 3 World Peace
Close Reading Strategies for World Peace: The View of the UN Secretai~y-General
Further Reading Women Waging Peace
Writing Peace in Our Time
Unit 4 Aqing in Developed Countries
Close Reading Meeting the Challenge of Global Aging
Further Reading The Global Baby Bust
Writing Is Global Aging in the Developed World a Major Problem?
Unit 5 Case Studies in Market Economy
Close Reading How Nike Figured Out China
Further Reading Render Unto Caesar Putin and the Oligarchs
Writing The Fall of the House of Saud
Unit 6 Cultural Imperialism
Close Reading Cultural Imperialism An American Tradition
Further Reading In Defense of Globalization
Writing Is the World a Victim of American Cultural ~mperialism?
Unit 7 Privacy in the Digital World
Close Reading The Exposure of Privacy in Today s Culture .
Further Reading Cyberspace Privacy: A Primer and Proposal
Writing Will the Digital / Computer World Pose a Threat to Our Individual Privacy?
Unit 8 Discontents from the Developing Countries
Close Reading Where the Money Went
Further Reading Globalism s Discontents
Writing Do Multinational Corporations Hurt Poor Countries?
Unit 9 The Threat of a Nuclear War
Close Reading A Rational Response to Dirty Bombs
Further Reading Nuclear Nightmares
Writing Five Pillars of Wisdom
Unit 10 Population Explosion
Close Reading The Big Crunch
Further Reading Eradicating Hunger: A Growing Challenge
Writing Should the International Community Attempt to Curb PopulatioGrowth in the Developing World?
Unit 11 Urbanization
Close Reading Urbanization: An Environmental Force to Be Reckoned with
Further Reading Urban Centers: An Assessment.of Sustainability
Writing Is Rapid Urbanization in the Developing World a Major Problem?
Unit 12 A Threat to Natural Resources
Unit 13 A Threat to National Security
Unit 14 High-Tech Issues
Unit 15 International Me