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9780136029847

International Relations and World Politics : Security, Economy, Identity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780136029847

  • ISBN10:

    0136029841

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-12-31
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

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.KEY TOPICS: The volume provides an introduction to trends, perspectives and concepts, and examines security and statecraft, international security, civil society and the global economy, religion, nationalism and conflicting identities and civil society.For political science and international relations professionals and others interested in the global agenda.

Table of Contents

Overview
Trends, Actors, and Concepts
An Emerging Global Civil Society
International Relations and World Politics in Historical Perspective
Thinking Theoretically
State Security and Statecraft
Power: Interests, Objectives, and Capabilities of States
Diplomacy: Managing Relations among States
Force: War, Just Wars, and Armed Intervention
International Security
International Cooperation and International Security: International Organizations, Alliances, and Coalitions
Controlling Global Armaments
International Terrorism and Transnational Crime
The Global Economy
Global Economy: Politics and Capitalism
The Political Economy of International Trade, Money, and Regional Integration
The Political Economy of Investment and Sustainable Development
The Global Environment
Identity and Civil Society
Religion, Nationalism, and Conflicting Identities
Humanitarianism: Human Rights and Refugees
Questions in Lieu of Conclusions
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