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Scott Aughenbaugh

Beyond Borders: Thinking Critically About Global Issues: Paula S. Rothenberg - 0 views

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    At a time when events anywhere in the world have the potential to impact almost instantaneously on life in the most remote hamlet, village, or town, it is essential that students learn how to think globally. Paula Rothenberg's Beyond Borders is an interdisciplinary collection that brings today's most pressing global issues into the classroom. Designed to help prepare today's college students to assume their roles as members of an increasingly global community, this powerful collection includes 82 articles written by today's leading scholars, activists, and policymakers from around the world. In the tradition of Rothenberg's other widely acclaimed college texts, these highly readable, often gripping, articles are presented within a conceptual framework that encourages a thoughtful understanding of the complexities that have given rise to the issues they address. It has never been more important for students to learn to think critically about the world and their place in it. Beyond Borders is designed to help create such classroom conversations in courses across the disciplines. (http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/beyondborders/)
Brett Whitaker

Global Road Warrior - 1 views

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    This site is a useful guide that includes country and regional facts about the world. It is similar to the CIA World Factbook, but focused more on cultural issues and less on demographic and political information.
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    This is a great additional resource for the global villager exercise.
Steven Elliott-Gower

Cleaning Up Coal | Foreign Affairs - 0 views

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    Coal combustion is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions on the planet. But the fuel isn't going away anytime soon, since demand for it is ballooning in the developing world. So instead of indulging in quixotic visions of a coal-free world, policymakers should focus on supporting new technologies that can reduce how much carbon coal emits.
Steven Elliott-Gower

The Geopolitical Stakes of America's Trade Policy | Foreign Policy - 0 views

  • As economic power has become more consequential in world affairs, so too has American leadership on trade. If the United States leads on trade, it can strengthen the rules-based order. For over seven decades, American leadership of the global trading system has helped bring jobs to our shores, partners to our defense, and peace and prosperity to those around the world who have embraced openness and fairness.
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    At a time when the crisis in Ukraine has triggered deep unease, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will remind the world that our transatlantic partnership is second-to-none. This agreement will deepen our economic relationship with the European Union, already the world's largest, by bridging divergences between our regulations and standards - without compromising health, safety, environmental, and consumer protection on both sides of the Atlantic. Many in Europe are looking to TTIP not only to spur much-needed economic growth but also to support efforts to reform European energy policies and create greater energy security.
Scott Aughenbaugh

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century: Thomas L. Friedman - 0 views

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    Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a\npresentist. His aim in The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive\nTree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in\nyour lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The\nworld isn't going to be flat, it is flat, which gives Friedman's breathless narrative much\nof its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that\nfuturists--the optimistic ones at least--are inevitably prey to. (Reviewed by Tom Nissley)
Scott Aughenbaugh

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy - 0 views

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    * Released July 2002 * Running time: 360 minutes * Description: This three-part, six-hour documentary focuses on the history and impact of the new global economy, explaining macroeconomics and their current political and social importance without ever causing a loss of consciousness for the viewer. Segments include the history of economic thought, deregulation, and consequences of globalization. Interviews with several world leaders are featured.
Scott Aughenbaugh

Worlds Apart: Globalization And The Environment: James Gustave Speth - 0 views

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    Worlds Apart is a collection of essays by leading thinkers on the subject of globalization, and related environmental issues. Used in critiquing the 7 Revs framework
Scott Aughenbaugh

FLOW | For Love of Water - 0 views

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    * Released December 2008 * Running time: 84 minutes * Description: This is a powerful documentary of the current state of freshwater ownership, privatization and distribution around the world. The film discusses the conflict between "predatory" corporations and engaged citizens over water rights and usage. For example, it discusses how companies like Coke and Pepsi use of water in India and Nestles use of water in Michigan for bottled water. This film also documents water wars in Bolivia, privatization in Africa, and issues of pollution of freshwater around the world. It promotes lively and emotional discussion in class. * Rating: Excellent * 7-Revolutions Section: Resources, Technology, Economics, Conflict.
Scott Aughenbaugh

The World as 100 People - 5 views

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    The World as 100 People. Good attempt at global village activity infographic
Scott Aughenbaugh

Historic Estimates of World Population - 1 views

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    Historic Estimates of World Population
Scott Aughenbaugh

Biofuel Backlash - World - 1 views

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    * Running time: 12:55 * Aired: January 2008 Draft 85 * Description: Discusses how biofuels (such as ethanol) is not very cost efficient or environmentally friendly. How using corn for fuels affects the food supply of the world is also discussed. * Rating: Very Good * 7-Revolutions: Technology, Resources
Scott Aughenbaugh

State of World Population 2007 - Unleashing the Potential for Urban Growth - 0 views

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    State of the World Populations 2007: Unleashing the Potential for Urban Growth. [cited 28\nFebruary 2008]
Scott Aughenbaugh

2007 World Population Data Sheet - 0 views

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    Population Reference Bureau, 2007 World Population Data Sheet. [cited 13 February, 2009], p.7.
Scott Aughenbaugh

World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision - 0 views

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    A pdf table of world population data
Dennis Falk

Pew Global Attitudes Project - A series of worldwide public opinion surveys - 1 views

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    The Pew Global Attitudes Project is a series of worldwide public opinion surveys that encompasses a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. More than 200,000 interviews in 57 countries have been conducted as part of the project's work.
Steven Elliott-Gower

A G-Zero World | Foreign Affairs - 1 views

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    In the wake of the financial crisis, the United States is no longer the leader of the global economy, and no other nation has the political and economic leverage to replace it. Rather than a forum for compromise, the G-20 is likely to be an arena of conflict.
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    This is a good article. Got a lot of play at Davos. We have been taking a deep look at the G20 for the New Seven Revs presentation, particularly looking at the top 150 words of G20 Communication. Here are some of the word clouds we generated, 1999-2007: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3036182/G20_Communiques_(1999-2007 and 2008-2010: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3036001/G20_Communiques_%282008-2010%29 You will notice that the tone has changed considerably. Globalization was not mentioned even once between 2008 and 2010.
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    Seems to me there are a couple of interrelated ways to approach the governance revolution: (1) challenges to individual states (including discussion of failed states) and to the state as the primary actor on the world stage, and (2) changes and challenges in global governance (e.g., rise of the BRICs, or maybe BICs now that Russia seems to be under-performing).
Steven Elliott-Gower

A Game of Catch-Up | The Economist - 0 views

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    Special report on the world economy (audio)
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