Global politics : emerging networks, trends, and challenges

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Global politics : emerging networks, trends, and challenges

W. Andy Knight and Tom Keating

Oxford University Press, 2010

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Addressing issues of conflict and conflict resolution, war and peace, the environment, health, and human rights, this new text implores students to be attentive to the world around them and become informed global citizens. Potential solutions to global problems are explored through a framework that highlights how issues are interconnected. Providing an accurate and accessible view of global politics today, this book also offers a clear set of possible improvements for the structures and processes of global governance. Global Politics is an essential resource for students of global politics. Read about W. Andy Knight and Tom Keating's motivation for writing Global Politics: http:// www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=10971

目次

  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Publisher's Preface
  • Introduction: Context and Changing Perceptions of a Globe in Flux
  • Re-imagining Global Politics
  • Understanding Globalization
  • The Context of Global Politics: Multi-Level Governance
  • Outline of the Book
  • PART I: INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL POLITICS
  • 1. Making Sense of International Politics: Concepts, Theories, Approaches
  • Early Approaches to Understanding Inter-State Relations
  • Idealism/Utopianism
  • Realism
  • International Society
  • Liberalism
  • Traditional Methods and Scientific Behaviouralism
  • 2. Alternative Conceptions of Global Politics
  • Marxism
  • Critical Theories
  • 3. World Civilizations and the Origins of the International System
  • A Brief History: Tribes, Clans, City-States, and Empires
  • Other World Civilizations
  • The Renaissance, Westphalia, and the Evolution of the European States System
  • PART II: TURBULENCE AND CHANGE IN WORLD ORDER
  • 4. Conceptualizing Global Change and Continuity
  • Towards a Theory of Global Change and Continuity
  • Conceptualizing Discontinuity in Global Politics
  • Problematizing Global Change and the Persistence of Continuities
  • 5. Conflict, Violence, and War in Global Politics
  • War and Global Politics
  • The Changing Practice of War
  • Alternatives to War
  • From State to Human Security
  • 6. Global Structures: Historical and Contemporary Experiences
  • Global Order, Globalization, and Globalism
  • Empires Past and Present
  • 7. Changes to the Institutions of Global Order since 1945: The UN System
  • Brief History of the Founding of the United Nations
  • The Multi-faceted Goals of the UN
  • The UN Approach to Managing and Suppressing Conflicts
  • Building Sustainable Peace
  • Appendix 1: UN Member States and Dates of Membership
  • Appendix 2: Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations Maintaining Liaison Offices at United Nations Headquarters
  • PART III: GLOBALIZATION
  • 8. Globalization's Impact on the State and the Inter-State System
  • Characteristics and Drivers of Globalization
  • The Political and Policy Context
  • Globalization and the Theory of the State in Global Politics
  • 9. The Globalization of Business and Business in Global Governance
  • Multinational Corporations Defined
  • Emerging Markets
  • The Growth of Private Power
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Conclusion and Future Directions
  • 10. Anti-Globalization Transnational Movements
  • Precursors of Counter-Globalization Movements
  • Counter-Movements
  • 11. Resistance Movements in the Global South
  • The Ogoni Resistance Movement
  • The Chipko and Green Belt Movements
  • Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas
  • Movimento Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra
  • The Porto Alegre World Social Forum
  • 12. Transnational Organized Crime
  • Who Are Transnational Organized Criminals?
  • Criminal Gangs and Covert Groups
  • 13. Terrorism: Understanding the Causes of Radicalism and Extremism
  • Terrorism as Radical Extremism
  • Drawing on History to Understand Extremism
  • Explaining Multiple Causes of Extremism Using 'Levels of Analysis'
  • Explanations of Extremism from the Societal Level
  • The Response of the United Nations to Terrorism
  • PART IV: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE
  • 14. Governing the Global Environment
  • Environmental Issues
  • A Precursor to Global Governance of the Environment
  • The Launch of Global Negotiations
  • Climate Change, Kyoto, and an Uncertain Future
  • Environmental Governance
  • 15. Governing Global Politics in an Era of Globalization
  • The Evolution of Global Governance
  • The Expanding Agenda of Global Governance
  • Assessing Global Governance
  • Conclusion: Global Politics and Utopian Realism
  • Identifying the Terrain of Global Politics
  • Using Theory as a Guide
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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