Beyond Borders: Thinking Critically about Global Issues

by Paula S. Rothenberg

At a time when events anywhere in the world have the potential to impact almost instantaneously on life in the most remote hamlet, village, or town, it is essential that students learn how to think globally. Paula Rothenberg's Beyond Borders is an interdisciplinary collection that brings today's most pressing global issues into the classroom. Designed to help prepare today's college students to assume their roles as members of an increasingly global community, this powerful collection includes 82 articles written by today's leading scholars, activists, and policymakers from around the world. In the tradition of Rothenberg's other widely acclaimed college texts, these highly readable, often gripping, articles are presented within a conceptual framework that encourages a thoughtful understanding of the complexities that have given rise to the issues they address. It has never been more important for students to learn to think critically about the world and their place in it. Beyond Borders is designed to help create such classroom conversations in courses across the disciplines.

Genres: Feminism, School

Hardcover

First published August 4, 2005

Reviews

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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