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A-level Geography Topic Master: Global Governance
A-level Geography Topic Master: Global Governance
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Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas
Level: A-level
Subject: Geography
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2017 (AS); Summer 2018 (A-level)

Master the in-depth knowledge and higher-level skills that A-level Geography students need to succeed; this focused topic book extends learning far beyond your course textbooks.

Blending detailed content and case studies with questions, exemplars and guidance, this book:

- Significantly improves students' knowledge and understanding of A-level content and concepts, providing more coverage of Global Governance than your existing resources

- Strengthens students' analytical and interpretative skills through questions that involve a range of geographical data sources, with guidance on how to approach each task

- Demonstrates how to evaluate issues, with a dedicated section in every chapter that shows how to think geographically, consider relevant evidence and structure a balanced essay

- Equips students with everything they need to excel, from additional case studies and definitions of key terminology, to suggestions for further research and fieldwork ideas for the Independent Investigation

- Helps students check, apply and consolidate their learning, using end-of-chapter refresher questions and discussion points, plus tailored advice for the AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC/Eduqas specifications

- Offers trusted and reliable content, written by a team of highly experienced senior examiners and reviewed by academics with unparalleled knowledge of the latest geographical theories

Language
English
ISBN
9781510426276
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The challenge of global governance
1.1 The growth of global governance
1.2 How global governance functions
1.3 Evaluating the issue: evaluating the decision-making process in global governance
Chapter 2: The United Nations and global governance
2.1 The evolution of the United Nations (UN)
2.2 Global financial governance
2.3 Global geopolitical challenges
2.4 Evaluating the issue: evaluating the United Nations’ contribution to global governance
Chapter 3: Global governance of the atmosphere and Antarctica
3.1 What are the global commons?
3.2 Global governance of the atmosphere
3.3 The global commons of Antarctica
3.4 Evaluating the issue: to what extent is failed global governance of the atmosphere the greatest threat to the sustainable management of Antarctica?
Chapter 4: The global governance of conflict, health and development
4.1 Causes and consequences of conflict
4.2 The global governance of weapons
4.3 Evaluating the issue: to what extent can international aid promote development and peace?
Chapter 5: Nationalism, separatism and autonomy
5.1 Identity in nation states
5.2 Nationalism in Scotland
5.3 Understanding ‘separatism’
5.4 Evaluating the issue: how can the arguments for and against the formation of a separate state of Kurdistan be assessed?
Chapter 6: Global governance and human rights
6.1 What is meant by ‘human rights’?
6.2 Spatial variations in human rights
6.3 Human rights, gender and development
6.4 Evaluating the issue: to what extent is the global community moving towards full acceptance of LGBT rights?
Chapter 7: Global governance – four case studies
7.1 Case study 1: China’s global role
7.2 Case study 2: Governance of the Arctic
7.3 Case study 3: Global governance of outer space
7.4 Case study 4: The challenge of governing cyberspace
Chapter 8: Study guides
8.1 AQA A-level Geography: Global Systems and Global Governance
8.2 Pearson Edexcel A-level Geography: Global Development and Connections (either Health, Human Rights and Intervention or Migration, Identity and Sovereignty)
8.3 OCR A-level Geography: Global Governance
8.4 WJEC and Eduqas A-level Geography: Global Systems
Acknowledgements

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