Understanding Global Disparities

Human Development

Human Rights

Human Development and Human Rights

Global Focus: Voices of the Poor

Issues of People and Land

Population Distribution

Population Dynamics

How Many People Can Earth Support?

Point-Counterpoint: HIV/AIDS

Issues of Economic Inequality

Economic Worlds

Central Planning

Free Market for All

Global Economic Organizations

Regional Emphases

Measuring Wealth, Poverty, and Human Development

Making Development Happen

Modernization

Self-Sufficiency and Import Substitution

Central Planning Prescription

Marginalization and Dual Economics

Structural Adjustment

Technological Innovation

Land Development Banks and Complementary Webs

Summary

The Global Economy

Multinational Corporations

Nongovernmental Organizations

Global Financial Services

Global Information Services

Global City-Regions

Issues of Cultural Freedom and Discrimination

Languages

Religions

Major World Religions

Religion and Society

Race, Class, and Gender

Race and Ethnicity

Class Distinctions

Gender Inequalities

Cultures and Regions

Cultural Fault Lines

Issues of Political Freedom

Political Worlds

Nations and Nationalism

Governments

Country Groupings for Defense or Trade

Human Rights and Justice Systems

Environmental Issues

Climatic Environments

Heat Transfers

Earth’s Daily Rotation and Annual Solar Orbit

Water Transfers

World Climatic Environments

Climate Change

Shaping Earth’s Surface

Earth Interior Forces

Surface Changes

Physical and Human Landscapes

Plants, Animals, and Soils in Ecosystems

Ecosystems and Biomes

Soils

Human Impacts

Farming and Erosion

Industrial Revolution

Atmospheric Pollution

Desertification

Resources and Hazards

Natural Resources

Natural Hazards