International Relations and World Politics : Security, Economy, Identity,9780131844155

International Relations and World Politics : Security, Economy, Identity

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780131844155
ISBN10: 0131844156
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-01
Publisher(s): Pearson College Div
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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

Part I Overview
Introduction: Trends, Actors, Perspectives, and Concepts
2(38)
Trends
6(5)
Globalization and Interdependence
6(2)
Crises of Authority
8(2)
Connections and Cautions
10(1)
Actors
11(5)
States
12(1)
International Organizations
12(1)
Transnational Nongovernmental Organizations
13(2)
Individuals
15(1)
Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives
16(10)
How Realists See the World
16(2)
How Pluralists or Liberals See the World
18(3)
How Global Economic Structuralists See the World
21(1)
How Others See the World---the English School, Social Constructivists, and Feminists
22(4)
International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy, Identity
26(4)
What Is a Theory, and Why Should We Care?
30(7)
Critical and Postmodern Challenges to Positivist Science
34(1)
Assessing the Challenges to Mainstream Science and Positivism
35(1)
Normative Theory
36(1)
Overview
37(1)
Key Terms
38(1)
Other Concepts
38(1)
Additional Readings
38(2)
International Relations and World Politics in Historical Perspective
40(46)
International Systems: Definition and Scope
42(2)
Four Types of International Systems
44(4)
Historical International Systems: An Overview
48(12)
The Persian Empire
48(1)
Classical Greece: Independent State and Hegemonic Systems
49(3)
India: Independent State and Imperial Systems
52(2)
The Roman Empire
54(2)
Medieval Europe and the Feudal System
56(4)
The Rise of the European Independent State System
60(14)
The Emergence of Collective Hegemony
66(3)
The Globalization of the European System
69(5)
Twentieth-Century Hegemonic Systems in a Global Context
74(2)
Dual Hegemony During the Cold War: A Closer Look
76(5)
Conclusion
81(2)
Afterword: Thucydides' The Melian Dialogue
83(1)
Key Terms
84(1)
Other Concepts
84(1)
Additional Readings
85(1)
Part II State Security and Statecraft
Interests, Objectives, and Power of States
86(32)
Framework: Interests, Objectives, Threats, and Opportunities
88(11)
Elements of the Framework
88(5)
Policy-Making Conflicts over Interests and Objectives
93(2)
Prioritization of Objectives
95(2)
Competing Domestic and Foreign Policy Objectives
97(1)
States versus Other Actors
98(1)
Capabilities and Power: Translating Objectives into Realities
99(13)
Political Capabilities
100(6)
Social and Cultural Capabilities
106(1)
Geographic, Economic, and Technological Capabilities
107(3)
Military Capabilities
110(1)
Measuring Power
110(2)
Conclusion
112(1)
Afterword: The Downing Street Memo and The Downing Street Minutes
113(3)
Key Terms
116(1)
Other Concepts
116(1)
Additional Readings
116(2)
Diplomacy: Managing Relations among States
118(40)
Definition and Scope
123(2)
Diplomacy, Private Citizens, and NGOs
124(1)
The Historical Development of Diplomacy
125(5)
Diplomatic Machinery and Processes
130(22)
Recognition of States and Governments
130(4)
Diplomatic Immunities and Protections
134(4)
The Organization of Diplomatic Missions
138(1)
Diplomatic Incentives and Disincentives
138(6)
The Ways and Means of Diplomatic Communications
144(8)
Conclusion
152(2)
Afterword: George Kennan's Long Telegram
154(2)
Key Terms
156(1)
Other Concepts
156(1)
Additional Readings
156(2)
War, Just Wars, and Armed Intervention
158(34)
The Rationalities and Irrationalities of Interstate War
160(1)
The Causes of War
161(5)
International System Level of Analysis
162(1)
Individual and Group Levels of Analysis
163(1)
State and Societal Levels of Analysis
163(3)
National Strategy and the Use of Force
166(4)
Restraining War: Moral and Legal Principles and the Use of Force
170(9)
Pacificism and Bellicism
170(1)
Just-War Theory
170(5)
Conduct during War
175(1)
Noncombatants
175(4)
Law, Armed Intervention, and World Politics
179(5)
Intervention and Civil Wars
180(1)
Humanitarian Intervention
181(3)
Law, Force, and National Security
184(2)
Conclusion
186(1)
Afterword: Thomas Hobbes on The Natural Condition of Mankind
187(2)
Key Terms
189(1)
Other Concepts
189(1)
Additional Readings
189(3)
Part III International Security
International Cooperation and International Security: International Organizations, Alliances, and Coalitions
192(46)
Anarchy, Cooperation, Harmony, and Discord
195(21)
World Government
200(1)
Alliances, Coalitions, and International Organizations
201(6)
Collective Security
207(9)
Peacekeeping: Managing and Controlling Conflicts
216(4)
Functional Collaboration in Specialized Agencies, Other International Organizations, and Regimes
220(2)
Conclusion
222(1)
Key Terms
222(1)
Other Concepts
222(1)
Additional Readings
223(1)
Appendices: The United Nations Charter and the North Atlantic Treaty
224(11)
United Nations Charter (1945)
224(9)
The North Atlantic Treaty (1949)
233(2)
Appendix: Functional International Organizations as Specialized Agencies and Other United Nations Organs
235(3)
Controlling Global Armaments
238(36)
Disarmament and Arms Control
240(9)
Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
249(1)
Alternative Deterrence Doctrines
250(9)
Minimum or Finite Deterrence
251(2)
Minimum Deterrence: India, Pakistan, and Other New Nuclear Weapons States
253(2)
Deterrence through Assured (and Mutually Assured) Destruction and Defensive Efforts to Limit Damage
255(1)
Defense
256(1)
Warfighting
257(1)
The End of the Cold War and Implications for Arms Control, Deterrence, Defense, and Warfighting Doctrines
258(1)
Deterrence Theory: Some Concerns
259(1)
Weapons Proliferation
259(11)
Nuclear Weapons and Materiel
260(3)
Chemical and Biological Weapons
263(1)
Ballistic Missiles
264(1)
Conventional Weapons
265(5)
Conclusion
270(1)
Afterword: John Locke on War and Maintaining the Peace
271(1)
Key Terms
272(1)
Other Concepts
272(1)
Additional Readings
272(2)
International Terrorism and Transnational Crime
274(34)
Terrorism
276(20)
The Causes of Terrorism
281(2)
The Extent of Terrorism
283(4)
The Changing Nature of Terrorism
287(5)
Responses
292(4)
Transnational Crime and Globalization
296(9)
Case Study: The United States, Latin America, and Drugs
302(3)
Conclusion
305(1)
Afterword: Osama bin Laden's Fatwah against Americans (1998)
305(2)
Key Terms
307(1)
Other Concepts
307(1)
Additional Readings
307(1)
Part IV Civil Society and the Global Economy
An Emerging Global Civil Society: International Law, International Organization, and Globalization
308(20)
The Globalization of International Relations and World Politics
310(2)
The Emergence of a State-Centric Global Society
312(3)
International Law and Multilateral Institutions
315(2)
Constructing Global Civil Society: A Multicentury Project
317(6)
Diplomacy and Security: Matters of War and Peace
318(1)
Economic and Commercial Matters
319(2)
``Growth Areas'' in International Law: Human Rights and the Environment
321(2)
Conclusion
323(1)
Afterword: Hugo Grotius and Freedom of the Seas
324(2)
Key Terms
326(1)
Other Concepts
326(1)
Additional Readings
326(2)
Global Economy: Politics and Capitalism
328(32)
Global Political Economy
330(1)
The Emergence and Development of Capitalism as a Worldwide Form of Political Economy
331(13)
Identifying the Attributes of Capitalist Political Economy
332(3)
The Passing of Feudalism and the New Politics of Capitalism, Mercantilism, and Liberalism
335(5)
The Progressive Globalization of Capitalism
340(4)
The Twentieth-Century Debate on Global Commerce
344(5)
Trade Regime
345(1)
Monetary Regime
346(1)
Investment Regime
346(3)
The North-South Divide
349(3)
A Look Ahead
352(1)
Conclusion
353(2)
Afterword: Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
355(3)
Key Terms
358(1)
Other Concepts
358(1)
Additional Readings
358(2)
The Political Economy of International Trade, Money, and Regional Integration
360(42)
Classical Trade Theory and Comparative Advantage
362(9)
Neoclassical and Subsequent Economic Thought on How the Global Political Economy Works
371(4)
The Impact of Technological Innovation on Free-Trade Theory
373(2)
Trade and Finance
375(4)
An International Monetary Regime for Financing International Commerce
379(11)
International Organizations and International Monetary Regime Maintenance
383(4)
Political Choices: How Much Capital Should the IMF Have and for What Purposes?
387(2)
Political Choices: What Next for the WTO?
389(1)
Regional Economic Integration and Global Commerce
390(8)
EC and EU Enlargement: Widening the Geographical Scope versus Deepening the Level of Integration
393(3)
Is Europe Unique?
396(2)
Conclusion
398(1)
Afterword: David Ricardo's Political Economy and Foreign Trade
399(1)
Key Terms
400(1)
Other Concepts
400(1)
Additional Readings
401(1)
The Political Economy of Investment and Sustainable Development
402(28)
Optimists and Pessimists
403(2)
Third World Poverty and Capital Formation
405(16)
Aid
405(4)
Loans
409(1)
Direct Foreign Investment
410(1)
Trade
410(6)
Other Constraints
416(5)
Economic Structuralist Critiques and Perspectives
421(4)
Dependency Theory
421(2)
Capitalist World-System Theory
423(2)
Conclusion
425(1)
Afterword: John Maynard Keynes' The General Theory
426(1)
Key Terms
427(1)
Other Concepts
428(1)
Additional Readings
428(2)
The Global Environment
430(24)
A Global Perspective
432(5)
Atmosphere
432(2)
Land
434(1)
Forests
434(1)
Biodiversity
435(1)
Freshwater
435(1)
Coastal and Marine Areas
436(1)
The Environment and Security
437(4)
International Organizations and the Environment
441(5)
Transnational Organizations and the Environment
446(2)
Global Population
448(2)
Conclusion
450(1)
Afterword: Thomas Malthus' On Population
451(1)
Key Terms
452(1)
Additional Readings
452(2)
Part V Identity and Civil Society
Religion, Nationalism, and Conflicting Identities
454(36)
Religion
457(7)
Islam
459(5)
Nations, Ethnic Groups, and States
464(14)
Nations and Nationalism
464(3)
Binational States
467(2)
Multinational, Multitribal, and Other Multiethnic States
469(6)
Nation-States and Nations without States
475(3)
Approaches to Dealing with Nationalism and Ethnicity
478(6)
National Self-Determination
478(1)
Alternative Approaches to Maintaining Unity in Binational, Multinational, and Multiethnic States
479(5)
Social and Economic Approaches to Intercommunal Peace
484(2)
Conclusion
486(2)
Appendix: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)
488(1)
Key Terms
489(1)
Other Concepts
489(1)
Additional Readings
489(1)
Humanitarianism: Human Rights and Refugees
490(48)
Human Rights and the Human Condition
492(4)
Justice: The Universality of Human Rights versus State Sovereignty
496(7)
Human Rights and the Liberal Tradition
496(3)
Human Rights across Cultures
499(1)
Culturally Specific Rights and Values
500(3)
Toward Global Society and Values That Transcend Diverse Cultures
503(12)
From Theory to Fact
505(2)
Machinery for Human Rights Issues and Cases
507(4)
Regional Human Rights Efforts in Europe
511(1)
Other Regional Human Rights Efforts
512(1)
NGOs and Human Rights
513(2)
Refugees
515(6)
An International Regime for Refugees
519(2)
Conclusion
521(2)
Afterword: Immanuel Kant's Morality and Politics
523(1)
Appendices: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and the Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees
524(3)
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1947)
524(1)
Geneva Convention IV
525(2)
Magna Carta (1215)
527(1)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens (1789)
528(1)
The U.S. Bill of Rights
529(2)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
531(4)
Key Terms
535(1)
Other Concepts
535(1)
Additional Readings
535(3)
Questions in Lieu of Conclusions
538(10)
Final Words
547(1)
Additional Readings
548

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