Globalization : the crucial phase

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Summary

Globalization: The Crucial Phrase brings together scholars of anthropology and social science, as well as law and medicine to examine the challenges and opportunities introduced by rapid globalization, including economic diversity, education, labor, health, and environmental concerns.

Contents

Globalization via world urbanization : the crucial phase / Brian Spooner -- Development trends among the world's socially least developed countries : reasons for guarded optimism / Richard J. Estes -- Human genetic diversity in a global context / Theodorre G. Schurr -- The global financial and economic crisis : a drama in three acts / Mauro Guillan and Sandra L. Suarez -- "Where everything is political" : architecture against politics in global Dubai / Cameron Hu -- If there is food, we will eat : an evolutionary and global perspective on human diet and nutrition / Janet M. Monge -- Aspects of animal production in global food supply / David Galligan, James Ferguson, Alan Kelly, Zhengxia Dou, and Zhiguo Wu -- Issues in global health / Nancy Biller and Neal Nathanson -- Global oral health / Robert J. Collins -- Cities : threats and opportunities for women's health / Marjorie Muecke -- Pharmaceuticals and the competitive logic of global clinical trials / Adriana Petryna -- Preparing lawyers for practice in an era of global urbanization : a proposal for transnational clinical partnerships / Sarah Paoletti -- Towards a comprehensive response to victims of sex trafficking cumulative culture / Huiquan Zhou -- Globalization and the university : a relationship worth studying? / Alan Ruby -- Academically based global service learning / Joesph S. Sun, John D. Keenan, Megan Doherty, and Christina Catanese.

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