An Introduction to Global Studies

List of Tables xv

List of Figures xvii

Preface xviii

Acknowledgments xxii

1. Going Global 1

2. Nation-state System 31

3. International Organizations 51

4. Human Rights 87

5. The Natural Environment 122

6. Population and Consumption 161

7. Infectious Disease and Globalization 187

8. The Gendered World 214

9. Information and Communication Technologies 251

10. War and Violent Conflict 290

11. Peace 339

Glossary 375

Index 393