Convergence

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unit 1

Introduction to Contemporary World ……………………………………………………… 1

Chapter 1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………..3

Unit 2

The Structures of Globalization ……………………………………………………………..29

Chapter 2 The Global Economy …………………………………………………………………………………….31

Chapter 3 The Global Interstate System and Global Governance…………………… 57

Unit 3

World of Regions …………………………………………………………………………………….. 73

Chapter 4 Global Divides: The North and South …………………………………………………….75

Chapter 5 Asian Regionalism ……………………………………………………………………… 91

Unit 4

World of Ideas ………………………………………………………………………………………… 109

Chapter 6 Global Media Cultures ……………………………………………………………………………….111

Chapter 7 …………………………………………………… 133

Unit 5

Global Population and Mobility ………………………………………………………….. 151

Chapter 8 The Global City ………………………………………………………………………………………..153

Chapter 9 Global Demography …………………………………………………………………. 183

Chapter 10 Global Migration …………………………………………………………………….. 201

Chapter 11 Research Proposal Writing ……………………………………………………… 225

Unit 6

Towards a Sustainable World ……………………………………………………………….. 231

Chapter 12 Sustainable Development ………………………………………………………………………….233

Chapter 13 ………………………………… 249