Patricia J. Campbell is Professor and Program Director for International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies at American Public University. She is the co-editor of Democratization and the Protection of Human Rights: Challenges and Contradictions (1998) and has written numerous articles and chapters in books and scholarly journals, including International Feminist Journal of Politics and Journal of Political Science Education. Aran MacKinnon is Professor of History and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of West Georgia. He is the author of The Making of South Africa: Culture and Politics (2004) and numerous scholarly articles as well as co-editor of a special issue of the interdisciplinary journal, Studies in the Social Sciences (2005).Christy R. Stevens is the University Library's Information Literacy Coordinator at Cal Poly Pomona. She has published several articles focusing on information literacy in the political science and global studies contexts, including articles in Journal of Political Science Education and Reference Services Review.

• List of Tables xvList of Figures xviiPreface xviiiAcknowledgments xxii1. Going Global 12. Nation-state System 313. International Organizations 514. Human Rights 875. The Natural Environment 1226. Population and Consumption 1617. Infectious Disease and Globalization 1878. The Gendered World 2149. Information and Communication Technologies 25110. War and Violent Conflict 29011. Peace 339Glossary 375Index 393