CHAPTER 17: GLOBAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS: WAR AND TERRORISM
By the end of this chapter students will be able to:
- Show why terrorism and war are a great concern to governments and individuals.
- Define the various types of war and explain why war qualifies as a social problem.
- Discuss the consequences of war including dead and wounded, property damage, psychological effects, and other consequences.
- Debate the need for war and alternatives to settling international disputes by means other than violence.
- Examine the consequences of war and the effect preparation for war has on the economy.
- Define and discuss forms of political terrorism including revolutionary terrorism, repressive terrorism, and state-sponsored terrorism.
- List and discuss the forms of terrorism that are the greatest threat to U. S. citizens and provide examples of each.
- Explain war and terrorism based on biological, psychological, and sociological causes.
- Analyze war and terror from the three major sociological perspectives.
- Forecast how war and terrorism will affect the future of nations and the world.
