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Global IssuesA Cross-Cultural PerspectiveShirley A. FedorakUTP Higher EducationGlobal Issues is a pedagogically rich book that addresses prominent issues of contemporaryconcern. From social media and political revolutions to food security and world hunger, eachissue is explored in depth, allowing for an applied understanding of more abstract concepts likeconflict, globalization, culture, imperialism, gender, political economy, and global citizenship.A cross-cultural approach encourages critical thinking and analysis, guiding readers to thinkoutside the Western box when considering real-world issues from around the globe.Written in a highly accessible and jargon-free style, and including personal narratives frompeople and experts working in the field, this book offers readers a unique way to understandthe global issues that they hear about every day in the media.Shirley A. Fedorak has taught at the University of Saskatchewan and the Cairo AmericanCollege.POLITICAL SCIENCEApprox. 224 pp / 7 ½ x 9 ¼/ November 201330 illustrations, 12 mapsCloth 978-1-4426-0773-6$65.00 (£42.99) EPaper 978-1-4426-0596-1$34.95 (£22.99) XPolitical Science / Global StudiesComparing Political RegimesA Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Third EditionAlan SiaroffUTP Higher EducationComparing Political Regimes provides a comprehensive assessment of the world’s politicalsystems by outlining and contrasting the aspects of four different regime types: liberaldemocracies, electoral democracies, semi-liberal autocracies, and closed autocracies.The third edition is thoroughly revised and updated. It now incorporates the two newcountries that have appeared since the last edition – Kosovo and South Sudan – and coversthe regime changes that have occurred in many countries, including the liberalization (butnot yet actual democratization) of the Arab Spring. Extra material has also been added ondemography and political economy, especially with regards to economic development, and onsecession of regions.Alan Siaroff is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge.Approx. 352 pp / 7 ½ x 9 ¼/ September 201350 tables and figuresCloth 978-1-4426-0767-5$100.00 (£65.99) EPaper 978-1-4426-0700-2$48.95 (£31.99) XPolitical Scienceutppublishing.com19