Robert Polack
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Polack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Polack |
| SIGNATURE | POLACK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southeast Missouri State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fossil Fuels and Food Security
This paper examines the relationship between fossil fuels and food security and makes recommendations for community organizers. During the 20th century, North America's food system grew critically dependent on oil and natural gas for production, processing, and transportation. The authors argue that numerous petroleum-related factors including supply problems, increasing global demand, and geopolitical tensions may now threaten food security. Var…
Social Justice and the Global Economy
The globalization of the economy creates new challenges for social work in the arenas of social and economic justice. This article outlines social justice issues related to the debt crisis of the Global South and sweatshops. A presentation of colonial precursors is followed by a detailed examination of these global institutions with an emphasis on the vulnerability, disempowered status, and exploitation of poor people of the Global South. Connect…
Fossil Fuels and Food Security
This paper examines the relationship between fossil fuels and food security and makes recommendations for community organizers. During the 20th century, North America's food system grew critically dependent on oil and natural gas for production, processing, and transportation. The authors argue that numerous petroleum-related factors including supply problems, increasing global demand, and geopolitical tensions may now threaten food security. Var…
Social Justice and the Global Economy
The globalization of the economy creates new challenges for social work in the arenas of social and economic justice. This article outlines social justice issues related to the debt crisis of the Global South and sweatshops. A presentation of colonial precursors is followed by a detailed examination of these global institutions with an emphasis on the vulnerability, disempowered status, and exploitation of poor people of the Global South. Connect…
Social Justice and the Global Economy
The globalization of the economy creates new challenges for social work in the arenas of social and economic justice. This article outlines social justice issues related to the debt crisis of the Global South and sweatshops. A presentation of colonial precursors is followed by a detailed examination of these global institutions with an emphasis on the vulnerability, disempowered status, and exploitation of poor people of the Global South. Connect…
Fossil Fuels and Food Security
This paper examines the relationship between fossil fuels and food security and makes recommendations for community organizers. During the 20th century, North America's food system grew critically dependent on oil and natural gas for production, processing, and transportation. The authors argue that numerous petroleum-related factors including supply problems, increasing global demand, and geopolitical tensions may now threaten food security. Var…
Engineering (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Biology (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Economic Justice (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Environmental planning (1 work) · Food processing (1 work) · Food security (1 work)