World politics : international politics on the world stage, brief

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World politics : international politics on the world stage, brief

John T. Rourke, Mark A. Boyer

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Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, c2000

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

An introduction to world politics offering students theoretical analyses of global politics supported by a review of research in the field. It encourages students to make connections between the basic, static data in the text and the dynamic, up-to-the-minute information available on the Internet.

Table of Contents

  • Thinking and caring about world politics
  • the evolution of world politics
  • levels of analysis
  • nationalism - the traditional orientation
  • transnationalism - the alternative orientation
  • national states - the traditional structure
  • international organization - the alternative structure
  • national power and diplomacy - the traditional approach
  • international law and morality - the alternative approach
  • managing national and international security
  • the international economy - a global road map
  • international economic competition and cooperation
  • preserving and enhancing human rights and dignity
  • preserving and enhancing the global commons
  • an epilogue to the text/a prologue to the future
  • technical explanations and matters of terminology
  • appendices.

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