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Informationen zum Autor James Laxar is an award-winning author who has written many books non-fiction books for children. He also appears regularly on television discussions about issues of the day, as well as hosting a series of films on the global economy. Klappentext A series of books for Key stages 3 - 4, aimed at secondary schoollibrarians, these 4 titles provide an overview of key and contemporarypolitical and social issues covered at this stage of the curriculum. GroundWork delivers easy to access information and the background behindthese sometimes controversial topics in a lively and accessible way.Each book in the series addresses key questions about pressing socialissues from: what is climate change and where do we go from here?;globalisation and the widening gap between the rich and the rest of thepopulation; to bridging the gap between different cultures andreligions; and the controversial topic of genocide and who is at threatfrom this ultimate crime against humanity? Democracy looks at Globalisation and the and key threats todemocracy across the globe, even in countries where it has beenlong-established, demonstrating that democracy is about much more thanjust having the right to vote.This dynamic series addresses topical, key social issues covered as part of the secondary curriculum. Zusammenfassung This dynamic series addresses topical, key social issues covered as part of the secondary curriculum.
