Sunday, January 4, 2009

Global Issues or Business of Fashion

Global Issues: An Introduction

Author: John L Seitz

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



Table of Contents:
Prefacexi
1The Wealth and Poverty of Nations1
The Orthodox Approach2
The Radical Approach5
The Growth-with-Equity Approach8
Conclusions12
Notes15
2Population and Development17
The Changing Population of the World17
Causes of the Population Explosion24
Population Growth Affects Development26
Development Affects Population Growth30
Governmental Population Policies34
The Future39
Conclusions43
Notes44
3Food and Development46
Food Production46
How Many Are Hungry?47
Causes of World Hunger48
Food Affects Development51
Development Affects Food53
The Green Revolution62
Governmental Food Policies63
Future Food Supplies66
Conclusions71
Notes72
4Energy and Development76
The Energy Crisis76
Responses by Governments to the Energy Crisis80
The Effect of the Energy Crisis on Third World Development Plans84
The Relationship Between Energy Use and Development86
The Greenhouse Effect91
The Energy Transition94
Nuclear Power: A Case Study103
Conclusions111
Notes113
5The Environment and Development117
The Awakening117
The Air119
The Water123
The Land126
The Workplace and the Home132
The Use of Natural Resources135
The Extinction of Species139
Environmental Politics142
Conclusions144
Notes146
6Technology and Development149
Benefits of Technology149
Short-term versus Long-term Benefits150
Unanticipated Consequences of the Use of Technology153
Inappropriate Uses of Technology156
Limits to the "Technological Fix"158
The Threat of Nuclear War: A Case Study160
Conclusions166
Notes167
7Alternative Futures170
Doom171
Growth175
Steady State177
Conclusions179
Notes181
Selected Bibliography183
Index189

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Business of Fashion: Designing, Manufacturing, and Marketing

Author: Leslie Davis Burns

This comprehensive, up-to-date, and well-researched introduction to the business of fashion guides the reader through each step in the process of creating and marketing apparel. The authors examine every facet of the apparel industry, tracing the path from research and forecasting to textiles and apparel design to preproduction and sourcing decisions to marketing, distribution, and retailing. With over 250 illustrations, figures, and tables, no other single volume provides a more complete introduction to the business of fashion.



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