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Test Bank for International Studies Global Forces Interactions and Tensions Straus
Downloadable Instructor Test Bank for International Studies Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions By Scott Straus, Barry Driscoll, ISBN: 9781452241197, ISBN: 9781544352046, ISBN: 9781544344447
Table Of Content
A Framework for International Studies
Global Interactions
Global Tensions
An Inside-Out/Outside-In Approach
Global Forces
What Is International Studies Good For?
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The First Global Age: Increasing Global Interactions
Between the First and Second Global Ages: Wars, Hot and Cold, and New Interactions
The Second Global Age: An Explosion of Global Finance, International Interactions, and New Tensions
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The Age of States: Born from a Cycle of Interactions
What Does a State Do?
Where Do States Come From? Forces Shaping the Modern State
The Strengths and Weaknesses of States
Is the State Fit for Purpose? Modern Challenges to States
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Getting Along in the World
IGOs: The Basics
What Do IGOs Do?
The United Nations: Mediating Global Tensions
Do IGOs Actually Matter? Three Views
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Who Cares About Cecil the Lion?
What Is Civil Society?
Who Is Civil Society?
Recent History of Global Civil Society: Rise of a New Global Force
Civil Society on the Global Stage
How Does Civil Society Have an Impact?
Criticisms of Global Civil Society
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What Are Social Identities and Culture?
Global Interactions and Forces Impact Identity and Culture
Which Social Identities Matter?
Why Do Some Social Identities Matter More Than Others?
Social Identities and Global Challenges
Understanding Culture
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Why Global Money Matters
What is Capitalism?
What is Trade?
Finance: Borrowers, Lenders, and Debt
Currencies
Floating
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What Makes Some Countries Freer Than Others?
What Do Democracies Consist Of?
What Do Dictatorships Consist Of?
Trends in Democratization
The Process of Democratization
Democratic Consolidation
Democracy and International Studies Themes
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What is the Human Rights Regime?
Human Rights at the UN Level: Roots of the Tension Between Universal Rights and State Sovereignty
Regional Approaches to Human Rights
What Roles Do Nonstate Human Rights Actors Play?
Do Human Rights Work?
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What Is Development, and How Is It Measured?
Why Are Some Countries Poor?
How Can Developing Countries Grow Their Economies? Five Theories
The Role of Foreign Aid
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What Are Civil Wars?
What Is Terrorism?
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What is Migration?
Trends in Global Migration: Facts and Myths
Why Do People Migrate? Push, Pull, and Policy Factors
The Impacts of Migration
Brain Drain or Brain Gain?
Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Can Migration Be Governed Globally?
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Global Health and Forces, Interactions, and Tensions
What is Global Health?
Global Health Outcomes Highlight Systemic Inequalities
The Global HIV and AIDS Pandemic
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What Is Climate Change?
Empirics of Climate Change
Predictions about Future Climate Change
Impacts of Climate Change
Responses to Climate Change: Global Governance
Other Approaches to Climate Change
Climate Change and Cross-Cutting Global Forces
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Global Hunger and a Growing Population: Is There Enough Food?
If There Is Enough Food, Why Do Famines Occur?
Reducing Hunger: Food Security or Food Sovereignty
Who Runs Global Food?
Tracing Global Food: Commodity Chains
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