Global Social Issues: An Encyclopedia

Global Social Issues: Table of Contents. Introduction: Global Social Issues in Perspective. A-Z Entries. 1: Adoption. 2: Affirmative Action. 3: AIDS/HIV. 4: Alcohol Use and Abuse. 5: Animal Rights. 6: Antiquities Theft and Restitution. 7: Arms Trade. 8: Aviation Security. 9: Biodiversity and Extinction. 10: Brain Drain and Talent Mobility. 11: Cancer. 12: Capital Punishment. 13: Cardiovascular Disease. 14: Child Labor. 15: Children's Rights. 16: Climate Change. 17: Conservation and Recycling. 18: Consumer and Investor Rights and Protections. 19: Corporate Social Responsibility. 20: Credit and Debt, Personal and Business. 21: Crime, Organized. 22: Crime, Violent. 23: Crimes Against Humanity. 24: Cultural, Historic, and Linguistic Preservation. 25: Cybercrime. 26: Defense Spending. 27: Deficits and Sovereign Debt. 28: Deforestation. 29: Desertification. 30: Diabetes. 31: Digital Divide. 32: Disability Rights. 33: Domestic Violence. 34: Drug Abuse. 35: Drug Resistance. 36: Drug Trade. 37: Education, Higher. 38: Education, Primary and Secondary. 39: Elections and Voting. 40: Energy, Alternative. 41: Environmental Illnesses. 42: Environmental Justice. 43: Ethnic and Religious Conflict. 44: Failed States and Nation-Building. 45: Fair Trade. 46: Farm Policy. 47: Financial Crises. 48: Fishing and Fish Stocks. 49: Food and Drug Safety. 50: Gambling. 51: Gastrointestinal Disease. 52: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues. 53: Genetically Engineered Crops and Foods. 54: Government Corruption and Transparency. 55: Health Care. 56: Hepatitis. 57: Homelessness. 58: Housing Costs, Finance, and Affordability. 59: Human Rights. 60: Hunger and Malnutrition. 61: Identity Fraud. 62: Immigration, Illegal and Irregular. 63: Indigenous Peoples' Rights. 64: Inequality, Income and Wealth. 65: Infant Mortality. 66: Influenza. 67: Infrastructure. 68: Intellectual Property Rights. 69: Kidnapping and Hostage-Taking. 70: Land Mines. 71: Law, Rule of. 72: Literacy. 73: Marriage and Divorce. 74: Mental Health. 75: Migrant Labor. 76: Mining Issues. 77: Money Laundering and Illegal Transfers. 78: Mosquito-borne Disease. 79: Natural Disasters, Preparedness and Response. 80: Neurological Disease. 81: Nuclear Energy. 82: Nuclear Proliferation. 83: Obesity and Eating Disorders. 84: Oil, Economic and Political Aspects. 85: Oil, Environmental and Health Aspects. 86: Organ and Tissue Trade. 87: Parasitic Disease. 88: Pesticides and Artificial Fertilizers. 89: Pharmaceuticals: Availability, Cost, Efficacy, and Safety. 90: Piracy, Maritime. 91: Police Corruption and Brutality. 92: Polio. 93: Pollution, Air. 94: Pollution, Water. 95: Population Growth and Demographic Issues. 96: Poverty. 97: Press, Freedom of. 98: Prisoners and Prisoner Rights. 99: Privacy. 100: Privatization. 101: Protectionism and Free Trade. 102: Public Health. 103: Rape and Sexual Assault. 104: Refugees, Displaced Persons, and Asylum Seekers. 105: Regulation, Business and Financial. 106: Religious Freedom. 107: Reproductive Issues. 108: Respiratory Disease. 109: Sanctions, International. 110: Secrecy, Government. 111: Self-Determination and Sovereignty. 112: Sex Tourism and the Sex Trade. 113: Sexually Transmitted Infections. 114: Slavery. 115: Social Networking. 116: Social Welfare. 117: Suicide. 118: Taxation. 119: Terrorism. 120: Tobacco. 121: Torture. 122: Toxic Waste. 123: Traffic and Mass Transit. 124: Tuberculosis. 125: Underground Economies. 126: Unemployment. 127: Unions and Workers' Rights. 128: Urbanization. 129: Vaccination. 130: War Crimes. 131: Waste Disposal. 132: Water Supply and Access. 133: Waterborne Disease. 134: Wetlands. 135: Women's Rights. 136: Working Conditions. Master Bibliography.