Publisher's Synopsis
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?
From shrinking glaciers to erratic weather and threatenedwater supplies, Climate Change looks at how we got here and what willhappen in the future as well as the economic, social and politicalimplications of accepting what is going on.
