A comprehensive examination of modern political partition and military conflict. Discusses partition, social conflict and war in Korea, China-Taiwan, Vietnam, India-Pakistan-Bangladesh, Israel-Palestine, Cyprus, Germamy, and Ireland.

"Social Movements and Global Social Change teaches students not only about how social change occurs but also how social movements can contribute to this change. The book links two concepts in sociology that are often related in real life, but that can seem disconnected in traditional approaches to teaching these courses. The book examines different types of social movements, including those often ignored in social change textbooks, such as riots,...