International relations and world politics : security, economy, identity
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International relations and world politics : security, economy, identity
Prentice Hall, c2001
2nd ed
Available at 12 libraries
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  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For undergraduate-level courses in international relations or world politics.
This comprehensive introduction to international relations focuses on what has changed and what has remained the same since the end of the cold war. Providing a strong conceptual, historical, and theoretical foundation, it identifies key perspectives and the actors in world politics, explains the concepts, tracks the trends (global interdependence and crises of authority), and examines current and future global concerns.
Table of Contents
I. OVERVIEW.
1. Introduction: Trends, Concepts, Actors, and Perspectives.
2. International Relations and World Politics in Historical Perspective.
II. STATE SECURITY AND STATECRAFT.
3. Interests, Objectives, and Power of States.
4. Diplomacy: Managing Relations among States.
5. Military Force: Wars, Just Wars, and Armed Intervention.
6. International Cooperation and Security: International Organizations, Alliances, and Coalitions.
7. Controlling Global Armaments.
III. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
8. International Terrorism and Transnational Crime.
IV. CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
9. An Emerging Civil Society: International Law, International Organization, and Globalization.
10. Global Economy: Politics and Capitalism.
11. The Political Economy of International Trade, Money, and Regional Integration.
12. The Political Economy of Investment and Sustainable Development.
V. IDENTITY AND CIVIL SOCIETY.
13. Nationalism and Conflicting Identities.
14. Humanitarianism: Human Rights and Refugees.
15. Conclusion: Twenty-First Century Views of Global Politics.
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