Crossing Borders
International Studies for the 21st Century
Fifth Edition
Harry I. Chernotsky
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Heidi H. Hobbs
- North Carolina State University, USA
Brenda M. (Marie) Kauffman
- Flagler College, USA
Sasha Allgayer
- College of Wooster
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Crossing Borders: International Studies for the 21st Century provides a framework to help students understand world issues, built upon an understanding of the many borders that define the international system. In the Fifth Edition, renowned authors Harry I. Chernotsky and Heidi H. Hobbs are joined by new coauthors Brenda M. Kauffman and Sasha Allgayer to address many of the different fields that constitute international studies—geography, politics, economics, sociology, and anthropology—and give instructors a starting point from which they can pursue their own disciplinary interests. In addition to developing a better understanding of the world, students also learn how to increase their own global engagement through study abroad, internships, and career options.
Contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
- Chapter 1 • Getting Your Global Bearings: Navigating the World
- Toward a Working Definition of International Studies
- Different Ways of Looking at the World’s Borders
- The Evolution of Globalization
- Globalization: Winners and Losers
- The Changing Definition of Citizenship in a Global Era
- Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 2 • Point of Departure: Planet Earth
- Getting Our Heads around the Earth: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Where We Live
- Population and Consumption
- Food and Hunger
- Energy
- The Human Factor
- The Global Response
- Conclusion: What Can You Do?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 3 • Jump-Starting the Trip: The Role of Technology
- The Technological Frontier
- The Virtual Frontier
- The Role of Technology in Crossing Borders
- Conclusion: A Final Thought on Technology
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 4 • Searching for Security: The Political World
- Defining Political Borders: The Origins of the Modern State System
- The Balance of Power System: Its Failures and the Outbreak of War
- The Cold War
- The Post–Cold War World
- Conclusion: The Quest for Security
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 5 • Challenges to Security
- Persistent Conflict: The Case of Israel and Palestine
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 6 • Seeking Prosperity: The Global Economy
- Defining Economic Borders: A Very Short History
- The Bretton Woods System
- Beyond Bretton Woods: The Roots of Contemporary Globalization
- Emerging Economic Centers
- Divergent Interests and Perspectives
- Conclusion: The Evolving World Economy
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 7 • Challenges to Prosperity
- Global Wealth Inequality
- Free Trade versus Protectionism
- Transnational Investment: Blessing or Curse?
- Finance and Aid: Promoting or Hindering Development?
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 8 • Protecting Identity: The People of the World
- Cultural and Social Borders: Understanding Identity
- The Age of Enlightenment
- Social Borders
- The Study of Social and Cultural Borders
- Globalization: Homogenization or Hybridization?
- Music and Sport
- Conclusion: Identity at the Crossroads
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 9 • Challenges to Identity
- The Role of Religion
- Ethnic Conflict
- Fragile States
- Understanding Cross-Border Conflict
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 10 • Managing the World: Cooperation at the Global Level
- Defining the Global Order: International Law and Organizations
- The United Nations
- Interdependence and Regional Intergovernmental Organizations
- Nongovernmental Organizations
- The Evolution of the United Nations and Civil Society
- The Expansion of International Law and the International Criminal Court
- Conclusion: Compliance and Enforcement
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 11 • Challenges to Cooperation
- Global Governance
- Poverty
- Global Health and the Threat of Disease
- Human Rights
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 12 • Connecting to the World: Where Do You Go from Here?
- Individual Action Towards Global Citizenship
- International Studies beyond the Classroom
- International Career Opportunities
- Educational Options
- Conclusion: Where Do You Go from Here?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
Notes
Notes
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Crossing Borders: International Studies for the 21st Century provides a framework to help students understand world issues, built upon an understanding of the many borders that define the international system. In the Fifth Edition, renowned authors Harry I. Chernotsky and Heidi H. Hobbs are joined by new coauthors Brenda M. Kauffman and Sasha Allgayer to address many of the different fields that constitute international studies—geography, politics, economics, sociology, and anthropology—and give instructors a starting point from which they can pursue their own disciplinary interests. In addition to developing a better understanding of the world, students also learn how to increase their own global engagement through study abroad, internships, and career options.
Contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
- Chapter 1 • Getting Your Global Bearings: Navigating the World
- Toward a Working Definition of International Studies
- Different Ways of Looking at the World’s Borders
- The Evolution of Globalization
- Globalization: Winners and Losers
- The Changing Definition of Citizenship in a Global Era
- Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 2 • Point of Departure: Planet Earth
- Getting Our Heads around the Earth: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Where We Live
- Population and Consumption
- Food and Hunger
- Energy
- The Human Factor
- The Global Response
- Conclusion: What Can You Do?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 3 • Jump-Starting the Trip: The Role of Technology
- The Technological Frontier
- The Virtual Frontier
- The Role of Technology in Crossing Borders
- Conclusion: A Final Thought on Technology
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 4 • Searching for Security: The Political World
- Defining Political Borders: The Origins of the Modern State System
- The Balance of Power System: Its Failures and the Outbreak of War
- The Cold War
- The Post–Cold War World
- Conclusion: The Quest for Security
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 5 • Challenges to Security
- Persistent Conflict: The Case of Israel and Palestine
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 6 • Seeking Prosperity: The Global Economy
- Defining Economic Borders: A Very Short History
- The Bretton Woods System
- Beyond Bretton Woods: The Roots of Contemporary Globalization
- Emerging Economic Centers
- Divergent Interests and Perspectives
- Conclusion: The Evolving World Economy
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 7 • Challenges to Prosperity
- Global Wealth Inequality
- Free Trade versus Protectionism
- Transnational Investment: Blessing or Curse?
- Finance and Aid: Promoting or Hindering Development?
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 8 • Protecting Identity: The People of the World
- Cultural and Social Borders: Understanding Identity
- The Age of Enlightenment
- Social Borders
- The Study of Social and Cultural Borders
- Globalization: Homogenization or Hybridization?
- Music and Sport
- Conclusion: Identity at the Crossroads
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 9 • Challenges to Identity
- The Role of Religion
- Ethnic Conflict
- Fragile States
- Understanding Cross-Border Conflict
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 10 • Managing the World: Cooperation at the Global Level
- Defining the Global Order: International Law and Organizations
- The United Nations
- Interdependence and Regional Intergovernmental Organizations
- Nongovernmental Organizations
- The Evolution of the United Nations and Civil Society
- The Expansion of International Law and the International Criminal Court
- Conclusion: Compliance and Enforcement
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 11 • Challenges to Cooperation
- Global Governance
- Poverty
- Global Health and the Threat of Disease
- Human Rights
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 12 • Connecting to the World: Where Do You Go from Here?
- Individual Action Towards Global Citizenship
- International Studies beyond the Classroom
- International Career Opportunities
- Educational Options
- Conclusion: Where Do You Go from Here?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
Notes
Notes
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
Crossing Borders
International Studies for the 21st Century
June 2025 | 392 pages | CQ Press
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Crossing Borders: International Studies for the 21st Century provides a framework to help students understand world issues, built upon an understanding of the many borders that define the international system. In the Fifth Edition, renowned authors Harry I. Chernotsky and Heidi H. Hobbs are joined by new coauthors Brenda M. Kauffman and Sasha Allgayer to address many of the different fields that constitute international studies—geography, politics, economics, sociology, and anthropology—and give instructors a starting point from which they can pursue their own disciplinary interests. In addition to developing a better understanding of the world, students also learn how to increase their own global engagement through study abroad, internships, and career options.
Table Of Contents:
- List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Chapter 1 • Getting Your Global Bearings: Navigating the World
- Toward a Working Definition of International Studies
- Different Ways of Looking at the World’s Borders
- The Evolution of Globalization
- Globalization: Winners and Losers
- The Changing Definition of Citizenship in a Global Era
- Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 2 • Point of Departure: Planet Earth
- Getting Our Heads around the Earth: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Where We Live
- Population and Consumption
- Food and Hunger
- Energy
- The Human Factor
- The Global Response
- Conclusion: What Can You Do?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 3 • Jump-Starting the Trip: The Role of Technology
- The Technological Frontier
- The Virtual Frontier
- The Role of Technology in Crossing Borders
- Conclusion: A Final Thought on Technology
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 4 • Searching for Security: The Political World
- Defining Political Borders: The Origins of the Modern State System
- The Balance of Power System: Its Failures and the Outbreak of War
- The Cold War
- The Post–Cold War World
- Conclusion: The Quest for Security
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 5 • Challenges to Security
- Persistent Conflict: The Case of Israel and Palestine
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 6 • Seeking Prosperity: The Global Economy
- Defining Economic Borders: A Very Short History
- The Bretton Woods System
- Beyond Bretton Woods: The Roots of Contemporary Globalization
- Emerging Economic Centers
- Divergent Interests and Perspectives
- Conclusion: The Evolving World Economy
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 7 • Challenges to Prosperity
- Global Wealth Inequality
- Free Trade versus Protectionism
- Transnational Investment: Blessing or Curse?
- Finance and Aid: Promoting or Hindering Development?
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 8 • Protecting Identity: The People of the World
- Cultural and Social Borders: Understanding Identity
- The Age of Enlightenment
- Social Borders
- The Study of Social and Cultural Borders
- Globalization: Homogenization or Hybridization?
- Music and Sport
- Conclusion: Identity at the Crossroads
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 9 • Challenges to Identity
- The Role of Religion
- Ethnic Conflict
- Fragile States
- Understanding Cross-Border Conflict
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 10 • Managing the World: Cooperation at the Global Level
- Defining the Global Order: International Law and Organizations
- The United Nations
- Interdependence and Regional Intergovernmental Organizations
- Nongovernmental Organizations
- The Evolution of the United Nations and Civil Society
- The Expansion of International Law and the International Criminal Court
- Conclusion: Compliance and Enforcement
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 11 • Challenges to Cooperation
- Global Governance
- Poverty
- Global Health and the Threat of Disease
- Human Rights
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Chapter 12 • Connecting to the World: Where Do You Go from Here?
- Individual Action Towards Global Citizenship
- International Studies beyond the Classroom
- International Career Opportunities
- Educational Options
- Conclusion: Where Do You Go from Here?
- Key Concepts
- To Learn More
- Notes
- Index
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This is an engaging text that helps students navigate different kinds of borders -- political, geographical, economic, social, cultural -- in the era of globalization.
Ning Liao, New Jersey City University
I have used Crossing Borders in my International Studies class because it is an engaging and comprehensive textbook. I highly recommend this textbook.
Shannon K. Orr, Bowling Green State University