Chapter 33

 What are the main benefits and dangers of growing political, economic, and cultural integration?  What roles do religious beliefs and secular ideologies play in the contemporary world?  How has technology contributed to the process of global interaction?

 An International Economy ◦ World Trade Organization  Global Financial Crisis  Globalization and Democracy  Regime Change in Iraq and Afghanistan ◦ UN support? ◦ WMD?

 Faith and Politics ◦ Usama bin Laden  Universal Rights and Values ◦ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ◦ Nongovernmental organizations  Women’s Rights

 The Media and the Message ◦ Cultural Imperialism  The Spread of Pop Culture ◦ Global Pop Culture  Emerging Global Elite Culture  Enduring Cultural Diversity