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ISBN 978-621-409-108-9

Froilan C. Calilung, PhD
Dennis C. Coronacion, PhD

Marielle Y. Marcaida
Contributor

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