Beyond Borders: Thinking Critically About Global Issues

by Paula S. Rothenberg

Featuring readings from today's leading scholars, activists and policymakers, Beyond Borders helps today's college students navigate our increasingly globalized world and think critically about their place in it. This powerful collection encourages students to not only understand the global realities we are faced with today but also the history that gave rise to them.  In addition to introducing students to the major forces of globalization, the significant treaties and events, and the organizations involved, Beyond Borders challenges students to shift and broaden their perspective by examining the experiences of people across the globe.   In classic Rothenberg style, in-depth part introductions provide a conceptual framework for understanding the issues at hand and "Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion" at the conclusion of each part challenge students to think deeper about the issues presented.

Genres: Feminism, School

618 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2005

Reviews

[Vanessa]

This book is made up of mini-essays, ranging from four to about twenty pages, all about global sociocultural-economic issues. They are broken down into chapters by topic, which makes it easy to find exactly what you are looking for. Love the bite-sized information, love the diversity of articles covered in the work.

[Lgonzalez357]

Beyond Borders by Paula S. Rothenberg has change my perception on the world. I have gained a broader more comprehensive awareness of social issues that I was not aware off. I really enjoy the way the book was broken down into topics and has many articles and essays written by activist, scholar and policy makers around the world. It gives you a wide variety and valuable information that gives you cultural and social awareness, I highly recommend this book.

[Alisha Hanson Glatzel]

I didn't read the whole book (yet) or from cover to cover. The format is really interesting. This is a collection of articles written by many people, each article is short and gets to the point. My classes read selected articles and they were all very good. This is a book that one day I will finish on my own!!!

[Dragonfly0628]

This book shows many aspects of globalization and has articles from many different authors. I highly recommend reading this book.