The International Reader: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Current Events and Global Issues

The International Reader: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Current Events and Global Issues provides students with diverse insights into major world regions and an array of complex topics and current events.

The book is organized into chapters on each of the six major world regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Oceania. It features an extensive vocabulary, regional maps, and a list of countries in each region.

The anthology employs an interdisciplinary approach, encouraging students to question, discuss, and analyze global issues across a range of disciplines and fields of study. Topics addressed include the recent surge of populism in Europe, the effects of climate change in Oceania, Islamist extremism in East Africa, the remittance economy in the Middle East, the economic and migrant crisis in Venezuela, and more.

The newly revised first edition features new content on poverty and colonialism in Africa, cuteness as Japan's millennial product, authoritarianism in Egypt, the ongoing legacy of colonialism in Australia, and the confluence of sustainability and social justice issues.

The International Reader is an ideal resource for courses in global/international studies, anthropology, sociology, geography, social studies, women's studies, and political science.

Kathryn LaFever is an instructor in the Global and Intercultural Studies Program of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She holds a Ph.D. in educational leadership, with a concentration on interdisciplinary and international curriculum and pedagogy, from Miami University. Dr. LaFever's research focuses on international women's studies and the secular education of Buddhist nuns living and teaching in Asia. She is the executive director of STEM Tara, a nonprofit organization supporting STEM education for Buddhist nuns and their students in developing nations in Asia.