International Politics : Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues

by Art, Robert J.; Jervis, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9780205642724
• ISBN10: 0205642721
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Edited by two of the most respected international relations scholars,International Politicsplaces contemporary essays alongside classics to survey the fieldrs"s diverse voices, concepts, and issues. Challenging students to use original scholarship to recognize and analyze patterns in world politics, this bestselling reader considers how to effectively understand politics under governments and beyond. Carefully edited selections cover the most essential topics and are put into conversation with each other to illustrate fundamental debates and differing points of view. Comprehensive and engaging,International Politicsoffers the best overview of the discipline as well as the forces shaping the world today.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	p. VII
Preface	p. XIII
Anarchy and Its Consequences	p. 1
Power and Principle in Statecraft	p. 7
The Consequences of Anarchy	p. 29
The Mitigation of Anarchy	p. 69
The Uses of Force	p. 127
The Political Uses of Force	p. 131
The Four Functions of Force	p. 131
The Diplomacy of Violence	p. 139
Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma	p. 153
What Is Terrorism?	p. 174
The Political Utility of Force Today	p. 181
The Fungibility of Force	p. 181
The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism	p. 198
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons	p. 217
Nuclear Instability in South Asia	p. 217
Nuclear Stability in South Asia	p. 228
A Nuclear-Armed Iran: A Difficult but Not Impossible Policy Problem	p. 239
International Political Economy and the Environment	p. 255
Perspectives on Political Economy	p. 263
The Nature of Political Economy	p. 263
The Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policies	p. 280
The Great Divide in the Global Village	p. 290
Globalization and Its Critics	p. 303
Globalization of the Economy	p. 303
Why the World Isn't Flat	p. 319
Trading in Illusions	p. 325
Why the Globalization Backlash Is Stupid	p. 333
Has Globalization Passed Its Peak?	p. 340
The Environment and Climate Change	p. 347
The Tragedy of the Commons	p. 347
Demography, Environment, and Civil Strife	p. 353
International Cooperation on Climate Change: Numbers, Interests and Institutions	p. 364
One Answer to Global Warming: A New Tax	p. 372
Contemporary World Politics	p. 375
Conflict, Interstate War, and Terrorism	p. 379
The Era of Leading Power Peace	p. 379
The Clash of Civilizations?	p. 395
Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?	p. 411
Can the War on Terror Be Won?	p. 419
Civil Wars, Intervention, and Nation-Building	p. 427
Failed States, Collapsed States, Weak States: Causes and Indicators	p. 427
Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars	p. 435
Nation-Building: UN Surpasses U.S. on Learning Curve	p. 457
Deconstructing Nation Building	p. 466
New Actors and New Forces	p. 471
Europe Without Illusions	p. 471
Transnational Activist Networks	p. 477
NGOs: Fighting Poverty, Hurting the Poor	p. 484
Transnational Organized Crime and the State	p. 491
Human Rights, Justice, and International Law	p. 504
Human Rights in World Politics	p. 504
Reflections on Intervention	p. 517
International Law: The Trials of Global Norms	p. 523
The Dilemmas of Transitional Justice	p. 529
Modes of Global Governance	p. 539
The United Nations and International Security	p. 539
Globalization and Governance	p. 548
Rising Powers and Global Institutions	p. 560
Democracies of the World, Unite	p. 567
Government Networks and Global Governance	p. 577
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