Learning Objectives

Chapter 14

  • Contrast democracy and dictatorship.
  • Describe the U.S. political system.
  • Explain how global politics affect war and terrorism, geopolitics, and the nation-state.
  • Describe the U.S. economy’s transition from industrialization to deindustrialization.
  • Discuss your relationship to employment, unemployment and underemployment, consumption, and leisure.
  • Describe the effects of globalization on the world economy.