World Politics Trend and Transformation

by Kegley, Charles W.; Wittkopf, Eugene R.

• ISBN13: 9780312247355
• ISBN10: 0312247354
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-04
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This best-selling introduction to international relations features the most recent scholarship and up-to-date analysis of world events-framed by a highly accessible introduction to theory-in the only four-color book in its market.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Controversy Boxes and Maps	xxiv
About the Authors	xxvii
PART I: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION IN WORLD POLITICS	1	(50)
Exploring Twenty-First-Century World Politics	3	(22)
Theories of World Politics	25	(26)
PART II: THE ACTORS AND THEIR RELATIONS	51	(192)
Foreign Policy Decision Making	53	(32)
Great-Power Rivalries and Relations	85	(38)
The Plight and Policy Posture of the Global South	123	(48)
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)	171	(30)
The Promise and Peril of Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)	201	(42)
PART III: THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WELFARE	243	(162)
Trade and Monetary Issues in a Globalized Political Economy	245	(46)
Globalization and the Disappearance of National Borders	291	(38)
Population Politics and the Demographic Dimensions of Globalization	329	(34)
Ecopolitics and the Preservation of the Global Commons	363	(42)
PART IV: GLOBAL CONFLICT AND ITS MANAGEMENT	405	(244)
Armed Conflict between and within States	407	(48)
Military Power and National Security in the Age of Globalization	455	(52)
Coercive Diplomacy and Intervention in a World of Vanishing Borders	507	(42)
The Realist Road to Security through Alliances, the Balance of Power, and Arms Control	549	(46)
The Liberal Institutional Paths to Peace	595	(54)
PART V: THE PROBLEMATIC TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY	649	(2)
Ten Questions about Twenty-First-Century Global Prospects	651
Glossary	G-1
References	R-1
Acknowledgments	A-1
Index	I-1