This is a list of suggested Enduring Issues which is not intended to be memorized. It is
not meant to be an all-inclusive or comprehensive list.
dress/housing/music, changes to traditional
culture, threats to traditional culture, threats
to language(s), access to information, access
to education, access to jobs/job
opportunities, threats or costs to
sustainability, debate over sustainability,
ability to maintain unique cultural traits,
support for cultural divergence, support for
cultural convergence, use of a common
language, displacement of
industries/companies, displacement of jobs,
impact on human capital, consequences of
interdependence, economic advantages,
economic risks, economic challenges,
effects of global debt crises, political
advantages, political risks, political
challenges, challenges of illegal trade,
debate over spread of technology, debate
over reduction in barriers, elimination of
inefficiencies, hostility toward
globalization, protests against globalization,
impact of migration, impact of cooperative
economic efforts, impact of cooperative
political efforts, impact of media, impact of
blended cultural ideas (music, language,
technology, healthcare), power of
transnational corporations, importance of
international workers, devaluation of
diversity, politics of diversity