Global Issues, Third Edition is an introduction to many of the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life.







Offers a unified perspective on a complex range of global issues in a variety of societies, both developed and developing

Includes new sections on foreign aid and development assistance, terrorism, the relationship between geography and wealth and poverty, food and the overweight, and the Millennium Development Goals

Features an updated and expanded section on climate change, as well as a new glossary

Illustrates key topics and issues with diagrams and photographs

Provides guides to further reading, media, and internet resources, and suggestions for discussing and studying the material