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This groundbreaking text on globalization provides a comprehensive and enlightening overview of globalization issues and topics. Emphasizing the theory and methods that social scientists employ to study globalization, the text reveals how macro globalization processes impact individual lives—from the spread of scientific discourse to which jobs are more or less likely to be offshored. The author presents a clear image of “the big globalization picture” by skillfully exploring, piece by piece, a myriad of globalization topics, debates, theories, and empirical data. Compelling chapters on theory, global civil society, democracy, cities, religion, institutions (sports, education, and health care), along with three chapters on global challenges, help readers develop a broad understanding of key topics and issues. Throughout the text, the author encourages readers to relate their personal experiences to globalization processes, allowing for a more meaningful and relevant learning experience.
Transborder Threats to Human Well-Being: Food and the Environment
Transborder Threats to Human Well-Being: Food and the Environment
Objectives
This chapter reviews the related problems of food security and environmental degradation. After studying this chapter, you should be able to
- understand hunger as a manufactured risk;
- compare and contrast the successes and failures of the green revolution in fighting hunger;
- evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of several major food policies;
- analyze the factory model of food production and weigh its benefits and harm in crop, poultry, and livestock production;
- describe new trends in agriculture toward more sustainable farming;
- identify environmental risks to land, water, and air;
- relate environmental risks to the production of food; and
- assess the impact of modern life on the capacity of the earth's environment to sustain it.
Earth's ability to feed ...
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