Description
Book Synopsis* provides an introduction to a wide range of social problems and their relation to the global era, such as AIDS, poverty and racism. * includes chapters written by acknowledged experts in the field of social policy specifically for students.
Trade Review"This collection not only manages to summarize a wide variety of different debates but challenges us to engage with them even further. Both students and teachers will find it a useful guide to one of the most important subjects in the social sciences today."
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Tony Fitzpatrick,
University of Nottingham "By addressing the topic of global social policy through the lens of global social problems, Vic George and Robert Page have added a useful volume to the international social policy literature. The authors have made a welcomed departure from the standard literature in the field by moving beyond the frameworks of mythological nationalism and comparative studies towards a much needed transnational social policy analysis."
--Bob Decon, University of Sheffield
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.
Contributors.
Introduction.
1 Globalization, Risk and Social Problems (Vic George).
2 Globalization and Social Welfare (Robert Page).
3 Globalization and the Environment (Andrew Dobson).
4 Globalization and Poverty (Vic George).
5 Globalization of Crime: terror in a contracting globe (Mark Finlay).
6 Globalization and Drugs (Larry Harrison).
7 Globalization and AIDS (Kathy Attawell).
8 Globalization and Family Violence (Jan Pahl, Claudia Hasanbegovic and Mei-Kuei Yu).
9 Globalization and Racism (Norman Ginsburg).
10 Globalization, Migration and Asylum (Stephen Castles and Sean Loughna).
Epilogue.
References.
Index.
