The Globalization of World Politics An Introduction to International Relations

by Baylis, John; Smith, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780198781080
• ISBN10: 0198781083
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-07-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

We now live in a new era of globalization, where instant communications, the emergence of a world economy, a global culture, and new non-state social movements have transformed world politics, making redundant many of the approaches developed for understanding and explaining the cold war world. This comprehensive introductory text focuses on explaining to students without previous knowledge of the subject how contemporary world politics work. An introductory chapter discusses the concept of globalization and summarises the main arguments for and against it. There then follow four sections, covering: * the historical background to contemporary world politics * the main theories that offer explanations of world politics * the structures and processes of world politics * the main issues of contemporary world politics. Each chapter is written by a leading specialist in the field, and uses diagrams, boxes, and discussion points extensively, making this an extremely reader-friendly student text. Each chapter has a guide to further reading and ends with a series of questions.

Author Biography

Professor John Baylis is Reader in International Politics, University of Aberystwyth. He is the co-editor of Dilemmas of World Politics (OUP, 1991).
Professor Steve Smith is Professor of International Politics, University of Aberystwyth. He is the editor of the Cambridge Studies in International Relations series.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	xiii	(6)
List of Figures	xix	(1)
List of Boxes	xx	(4)
List of Tables	xxiv	(1)
About the Contributors	xxv
Introduction	1	(12)
Steve Smith
John Bavlis
1. The Globalization of World Politics	13	(18)
Jan Aart Scholte
Part One. The Historical Context	31	(76)
2. The Evolution of International Society	33	(16)
Robert H. Jackson
3. International History 1900-1945	49	(22)
Susan L. Carruthers
4. International History 1945-1990	71	(18)
Len Scott
5. The End of the Cold War	89	(18)
Richard Crockatt
Part Two. Theories of World Politics	107	(84)
6. Realism	109	(16)
Timothy Dunne
7. World-System Theory	125	(22)
Steve Hobden
Richard Wyn Jones
8. Liberalism	147	(18)
Timothy Dunne
9. New Approaches to International Theory	165	(26)
Steve Smith
Part Three. Structures and Processes	191	(120)
10. International Security in the Post-Cold War Era	193	(19)
John Baylis
11. International Political Economy in an Age of Globalization	212	(19)
Roger Tooze
12. International Regimes	231	(18)
Richard Little
13. Diplomacy	249	(15)
Brian White
14. The United Nations and International Organization	264	(23)
Paul Taylor
15. Transnational Actors and International Organizations in Global Politics	287	(24)
Peter Willetts
Part Four. International Issues	311	(187)
16. Environmental Issues	313	(26)
Owen Greene
17. Nuclear Proliferation	339	(20)
Darryl Howlett
18. Nationalism	359	(15)
Fred Halliday
19. Cultural Conflict in International Relations: The West and Islam	374	(17)
Simon Murden
20. Humanitarian Intervention and World Politics	391	(18)
Nicholas J. Wheeler
21. Regionalism and Integration	409	(20)
Fiona Butler
22. Global Trade and Finance	429	(20)
Jan Aart Scholte
23. Poverty, Development, and Hunger	449	(20)
Caroline Thomas
24. Human Rights	469	(14)
Chris Brown
25. Gender Issues	483	(15)
Jan Jindy Pettman
References	498	(17)
Index	515