Issues in World Politics

by Brian White, Richard Little and Michael Smith

• ISBN13: 9780312175481
• ISBN10: 0312175485
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1997-07-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Well established in its first two editions as the leading text in the field, Issues in World Politics takes a truly global perspective on the major challenges in twenty-first century international relations. Systematically revised and updated throughout with the addition of a major new chapter on international terrorism by Tim Dunne, the third edition provides an ideal introduction to the key challenges for a fast changing world.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables, Boxes and Maps	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. xiii
Notes on the Contributors	p. xvii
Issues in World Politics	p. 1
The end of the Cold War and a new global agenda?	p. 2
Issues and problems	p. 4
Issues, agendas and agenda-setting	p. 5
Types of issues	p. 6
The significance of issues in world politics	p. 9
The management of issues in world politics	p. 11
Selection of issues and key questions	p. 14
States and Statehood	p. 16
The nature of statehood: organization and practice	p. 18
Statehood as a problem in world politics	p. 21
Statehood and the post-Cold War world	p. 25
Statehood and contemporary world politics	p. 32
Trade, Money and Markets	p. 35
Economic interdependence: a set of issues	p. 36
The scope and intensity of economic interdependence	p. 37
General problems of economic interdependence	p. 40
Putting issues of economic interdependence on the international agenda	p. 44
Economic interdependence and the end of the Cold War	p. 47
Managing global economic interdependence	p. 49
Economic interdependence and contemporary world politics	p. 53
Regions and Regionalism	p. 55
Regions and regionalism: characteristics and driving forces	p. 55
Problems of regionalism	p. 62
Regions, regionalism and the international agenda	p. 66
Regionalism in the post-Cold War world	p. 68
Managing regionalism	p. 71
Regions and regionalism: implications for world politics	p. 72
Development and Inequality	p. 74
Issues of development and inequality	p. 75
The general problem of development and inequality	p. 79
Development and inequality on the international agenda	p. 82
Development and inequality in the post Cold War era	p. 87
Managing issues of development and inequality	p. 88
Development, inequality and world politics	p. 90
Arms and Arms Control	p. 93
The significance of arms and arms control issues	p. 93
General problems of arms and weapons-related issues	p. 102
Arms and arms control on the international agenda	p. 104
International control mechanisms	p. 107
Arms, arms control and contemporary world politics	p. 111
Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention	p. 113
Peace-support measures as an issue in world politics	p. 115
Agenda-setting and form of presentation after the Cold War	p. 118
Contextual problems of peace-support operations	p. 120
International management	p. 128
Peace support and contemporary world politics	p. 131
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict	p. 133
Ethnicity as an issue	p. 135
General problems of nationalism and ethnic conflict	p. 138
Putting ethno-nationalist conflict on the international agenda	p. 139
Nationalism, ethnic conflict and the end of the Cold War	p. 141
Managing ethnic conflict	p. 142
Nationalism, ethnic conflict and contemporary world politics	p. 147
Religion	p. 153
The impact of religion on world politics	p. 153
Religion and globalization	p. 154
Religion in contemporary world politics	p. 156
Why has religion appeared as an issue on the world agenda?	p. 158
Are hostile religious and cultural actors a threat to the West's security?	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 169
Migration and Refugees	p. 171
Migration as an international issue	p. 171
People on the move	p. 173
New patterns of migration	p. 175
The pros and cons of migration	p. 177
Putting migration and refugees on the international agenda	p. 184
Institutional responses to migration and refugees	p. 186
Migration and contemporary world politics	p. 188
Environment and Natural Resources	p. 191
International awareness: from Stockholm to Rio	p. 192
The rising profile of environmental issues	p. 194
The role of international cooperation	p. 201
Getting on the international agenda	p. 203
Environmental issues after the Cold War	p. 204
Managing environmental problems	p. 205
The environment and contemporary world politics	p. 209
Media and Communications Technology	p. 212
Media and state power	p. 214
Media as 'actors' in world politics	p. 219
Media as agents of 'cultural transmission'	p. 224
Media, citizens and 'subjectivity'	p. 228
Conclusion	p. 230
Transnational Crime and Corruption	p. 232
Transnational crime and corruption as an issue in world politics	p. 233
Problems of crime and corruption	p. 235
Crime and corruption on the international agenda: key concepts	p. 237
Crime and corruption after the Cold War	p. 241
Managing crime and corruption: criminal organizations versus states	p. 242
Crime, corruption and world politics	p. 249
Issues in World Politics Reviewed	p. 252
The selection of issues	p. 253
Links between issues	p. 255
Issues and contemporary world politics	p. 256
Conclusion	p. 268
Bibliography	p. 270
Index	p. 291
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