Global issues

Examine social, political, and environmental issues using practical examples on the oil crisis.

Provides an overview of the history and practice of censorship in five countries, focusing on the United States but also discussing Russia, China, Zimbabwe, and Egypt, and offers a selection of reference information, including primary source documents, biographies, a list of related organizations and agencies, an annotated bibliography, and a chronology.

Examines the impact overconsumption has had on natural resources in the United States, China, India, Germany, and Brazil, and describes government actions and strategies that can reduce energy consumption and aid in the search for alternative sources.

Explores international economic integration, globalization, and free trade in the United States and abroad; and provides related primary source documents and research tools.

Examines the peacekeeping role of the United Nations.

Discusses various issues related to water supply, covering decreasing supplies, damage caused by the building of dams, wasting irrigation water, overuse of ground water, and access to freshwater, and including two case studies for each as well as advice on what that reader can do to help.

Discusses various issues related to sustainable cities, covering unplanned growth, unequal access to resources, transportation problems, the environmental impacts of building, and relocation, and including two case studies for each as well as advice on what that reader can do to help.

Discusses various issues related to protecting natural environments, covering breaking up habitats, threat to ocean biomes, use of national parks, pressures of tourism, and lack of protection, and including two case studies for each as well as advice on what that reader can do to help.

Discusses various issues related to global warming, covering declining ice cover, changing seasons and rainfall patterns, and environmental refugees who are driven from their homes due to rising sea levels and flooded river deltas.