World politics : trend and transformation
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World politics : trend and transformation
Bedford/St. Martin's Press, c2001 , Macmillan
8th ed
- : us
- : uk
Available at 16 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. R1-20
Includes index
Maps on lining papers
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The emerging 21st century world poses a challenge to students, scholars and policy makers alike. Without a single, overriding global issue to frame inquiry and understanding, there is little agreement about which dimensions of world politics are most important. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the post Cold War world and the various theories which attempt to explain what is unfolding and yet to come. In this extensively revised eight edition, the authors keep pace with the dramatic march of events and the ever changing theories and concepts of international relations. Students are informed of relations among global actors, the historical developments and issues that underlie such relations and the ways in which today's trends are likely to alter the global future.
Table of Contents
PART I: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION - Exploring Twenty-First Century World Politics - Theories of World Politics - PART II: THE ACTORS AND THEIR RELATIONS - How States Make Foreign Policy Decisions - Great-Power Rivalries and Relations - The Plight and Policy Posture of the Global South - Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) - The Promise and Peril of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) - PART III: THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WELFARE - Trade and Monetary Issues in a Globalized Political Economy - Globalization and the Disappearance of National Borders - Population Politics and the Demographic Dimensions of Globalization - Ecopolitics and the Preservation of the Global Commons - PART IV: THE GLOBAL CONFLICT AND ITS MANAGEMENT - Armed Conflict Between and Within States - Military Power and National Security in the Age of Globalization - Coercive Diplomacy and Intervention in the Age of Globalization - The Realist Road to Security Through Alliances, the Balance of Power, and Arms Control - The Liberal Institutional Paths to Peace - PART V: THE PROBLEMATIC TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY - Ten Questions about Twenty-First Century Global Prospects
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