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Top-selling text in its field, "International "Relations, provides unparalleled coverage of international political economy, traditional and alternative theoretical perspectives, technology, and contemporary global events. Completely updated. Expanded and updated coverage of the ongoing war in Iraq, nuclear proliferation in North Korea and Iran; the new Palestinian leadership; Islamic radicalism; global anti-Americanism; the expanded EU and NATO; and world trade talks. Expanded discussion of constructivism. New "Policy Perspectives" is a one-page feature puts students in the shoes of top policy makers -- for example, Russian President Putin -- making foreign-policy choices in response to a problem or challenge. The box includes an inset photo of the policy maker. The feature engages students to apply IR concepts in real-world situations, and underscores the role of individuals in the foreign-policy process. NEW! TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE- MyPoliSciLab for International Relations.

Preface

To the Student

xvii

A Note on Nomenclature

xvii

www.internationalrelations.net

xviii

A Key to Icon Usage

xviii

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Maps

xix

Understanding International Relations

(52)

The Study of IR

(7)

IR and Daily Life

(1)

IR as a Field of Study

(2)

Theories and Methods

(4)

Actors and Influences

(14)

State Actors

(3)

Nonstate Actors

(2)

Levels of Analysis

(2)

Geography

(7)

History

(31)

World Civilizations to 2000

(2)

The Great-Power System, 1500--2000

(4)

Imperialism, 1500--2000

(1)

Nationalism, 1500-2000

(3)

The World Economy, 1750-2000

(1)

The Two World Wars, 1900-1950

(3)

The Cold War, 1945-1990

(4)

The Early Post-Cold War Era, 1990-2005

Thinking Theoretically What Use Are Theories?

Policy Perspectives Overview

(45)

Let's Debate the Issue Globalization: Vanishing State Sovereignty?

(3)

PART 1 International Security

Power Politics

(44)

Realism

(2)

Power

(5)

Defining Power

(2)

Estimating Power

(1)

Elements of Power

(3)

Bargaining

(11)

Bargaining and Leverage

(2)

Strategies

(2)

Reciprocity, Deterrence, and Arms Races

(2)

Rationality

(2)

Game Theory

(3)

The International System

(11)

Anarchy and Sovereignty

(3)

Balance of Power

(1)

Great Powers and Middle Powers

(3)

Power Distribution

(2)

Hegemony

(2)

Alliances

(15)

Purposes of Alliances

(3)

NATO and the U.S.-Japanese Security Treaty

(3)

The Former Soviet Republics

(2)

Regional Alignments

Thinking Theoretically Costs and Benefits of Combating Terrorism

(22)

Policy Perspectives President of Russia, Vladimir Putin

(5)

Let's Debate the Issue The Bush Doctrine: Will It Eliminate or Increase Terrorism?

(3)

Alternatives to Power Politics

(40)

Liberalism

(9)

Traditional Liberal Critiques

(1)

What Is Rationality?

100

(1)

Neoliberalism

101

(2)

Collective Goods

103

(1)

International Regimes

104

(1)

Hegemonic Stability

105

(1)

Collective Security

106

(2)

Feminism

108

(11)

Why Gender Matters

108

(2)

The Masculinity of Realism

110

(2)

Gender in War and Peace

112

(2)

Women in IR

114

(4)

Balancing the Feminist Arguments

118

(1)

Constructivism

119

(2)

Postmodernism

121

(4)

Deconstructing Realism

122

(1)

Postmodern Feminism

123

(2)

Peace Studies

125

(14)

Conflict Resolution

125

(2)

War and Militarism

127

(3)

Positive Peace

130

(1)

Peace Movements

131

(1)

Nonviolence

132

Thinking Theoretically Manhood and the Decision for War

112

(17)

Policy Perspectives President of the United States, George Bush

129

(7)

Let's Debate the Issue The Arab-Israeli Conflict: What Are the New Obstacles to Peace?

136

(3)

Foreign Policy

139

(30)

Making Foreign Policy

139

(1)

Decision Making

140

(10)

Models of Decision Making

141

(1)

Individual Decision Makers

142

(5)

Group Dynamics

147

(2)

Crisis Management

149

(1)

Substate Actors

150

(10)

Bureaucracies

150

(2)

Interest Groups

152

(2)

The Military-Industrial Complex

154

(2)

Public Opinion

156

(3)

Legislatures

159

(1)

Democracy and Foreign Policy

160

(9)

Thinking Theoretically Policy Continuity in the Balkans

143

(14)

Policy Perspectives President of the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo

157

(9)

Let's Debate the Issue The War on Terrorism: Should Public Opinion Influence Foreign Policy in Democracies?

166

(3)

International Conflict

169

(44)

The Causes of War

169

(4)

Theories about War

170

(3)

Conflicts of Interest

173

(12)

Territorial Disputes

174

(6)

Control of Governments

180

(1)

Economic Conflict

181

(4)

Conflicts of Ideas

185

(13)

Ethnic Conflict

185

(7)

Religious Conflict

192

(4)

Ideological Conflict

196

(2)

Means of Leverage

198

(15)

Types of War

198

(4)

Terrorism

202

Thinking Theoretically Explaining Genocide

191

Policy Perspectives President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Kumaratunga

189

(19)

Let's Debate the Issue The West versus Islamism: The New Cold War?

208

(5)

Military Force

213

(38)

The Use of Force

213

(1)

Configuring Forces

214

(6)

Military Economics

214

(2)

The Choice of Capabilities

216

(4)

Control of Military Forces

220

(4)

Command

220

(2)

States and Militaries

222

(2)

Conventional Forces

224

(7)

Types of Forces

224

(5)

Evolving Technologies

229

(2)

Weapons of Mass Destruction

231

(20)

Nuclear Weapons

231

(2)

Ballistic Missiles and Other Delivery Systems

233

(3)

Chemical and Biological Weapons

236

(2)

Proliferation

238

(4)

Nuclear Strategy

242

(2)

Nuclear Arsenals and Arms Control

244

Thinking Theoretically The Superpower Arms Race

217

(24)

Policy Perspectives Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon

241

(7)

Let's Debate the Issue North Korea's Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Threat to World Order?

248

(3)

International Organization and Law

251

(46)

World Order

251

(5)

The Evolution of World Order

251

(1)

International Norms and Morality

252

(2)

Roles of International Organizations

254

(2)

The United Nations

256

(17)

The UN System

256

(6)

The Security Council

262

(3)

Peacekeeping Forces

265

(4)

The Secretariat

269

(1)

The General Assembly

270

(1)

UN Programs

271

(2)

Autonomous Agencies

273

(1)

International Law

273

(8)

Sources of International Law

274

(1)

Enforcement of International Law

275

(1)

The World Court

276

(2)

International Cases in National Courts

278

(3)

Law and Sovereignty

281

(16)

Laws of Diplomacy

281

(2)

War Crimes

283

(3)

Just War Doctrine

286

(1)

Human Rights

287

Thinking Theoretically Paying for a UN War Crimes Tribunal

284

Policy Perspectives President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade

279

(14)

Let's Debate the Issue The United Nations--United States Relationship: A Marriage of Convenience?

293

(4)

PART 2 International Political Economy

Trade

297

(42)

From Security to Political Economy

297

(5)

Liberalism and Mercantilism

298

(2)

Globalization

300

(2)

Markets

302

(11)

Global Patterns of Trade

303

(1)

Comparative Advantage

303

(3)

Prices and Markets

306

(1)

Centrally Planned Economies

306

(2)

Politics of Markets

308

(2)

Balance of Trade

310

(1)

Interdependence

311

(2)

Trade Strategies

313

(9)

Autarky

313

(1)

Protectionism

314

(2)

Industries and Interest Groups

316

(4)

Cooperation in Trade

320

(2)

Trade Regimes

322

(17)

The World Trade Organization

322

(3)

Resistance to Trade

325

(2)

Bilateral and Regional Agreements

327

(3)

Cartels

330

Thinking Theoretically Trade Negotiations as ``Chicken''

304

(25)

Policy Perspectives President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

329

(6)

Let's Debate the Issue America's Commitment to Free Trade: A Hollow Promise?

335

(4)

Money and Business

339

(38)

About Money

339

(1)

The Currency System

340

(12)

International Currency Exchange

340

(6)

Why Currencies Rise or Fall

346

(2)

Central Banks

348

(1)

The World Bank and the IMF

349

(3)

State Financial Positions

352

(10)

National Accounts

352

(1)

International Debt

353

(1)

The Position of the United States

354

(2)

The Position of Russia and Eastern Europe

356

(3)

The Position of Asia

359

(3)

Multinational Business

362

(15)

Multinational Corporations

362

(2)

Foreign Direct Investment

364

(1)

Host and Home Government Relations

365

(3)

Business Environments

368

Thinking Theoretically Stability of Exchange Rates

350

Policy Perspectives President of China, Hu Jintao

345

(29)

Let's Debate the Issue Multinational Corporations: Engines of Modernization or Agents of Imperialism?

374

(3)

Integration

377

(36)

Supranationalism

377

(1)

Integration Theory

377

(3)

The European Union

380

(14)

The Vision of a United Europe

380

(1)

The Treaty of Rome

381

(2)

Structure of the European Union

383

(2)

The Single European Act

385

(1)

The Maastricht Treaty

385

(2)

Monetary Union

387

(2)

Expanding the European Union

389

(5)

The Power of Information

394

(6)

Wiring the World

394

(2)

Information as a Tool of Governments

396

(2)

Information as a Tool Against Governments

398

(2)

International Culture

400

(13)

Telecommunications and Global Culture

400

(2)

Transnational Communities

402

Thinking Theoretically More Members in the EU Club

390

(1)

Policy Perspectives President of France, Jacques Chirac

391

(19)

Let's Debate the Issue European Union--United States Relations: Will Divergent Interests Replace Old Ties?

410

(3)

Environment and Population

413

(42)

Interdependence and the Environment

413

(5)

Sustainable Economic Development

415

(2)

Rethinking Interdependence

417

(1)

Managing the Environment

418

(13)

The Atmosphere

418

(4)

Biodiversity

422

(2)

Forests and Oceans

424

(5)

Pollution

429

(2)

Natural Resources

431

(7)

World Energy

432

(3)

Minerals, Land, Water

435

(2)

International Security and the Environment

437

(1)

Population

438

(17)

World Population Trends

439

(1)

The Demographic Transition

440

(2)

Population Policies

442

(1)

Morality and AIDS

443

(5)

Population and International Conflict

448

Thinking Theoretically Fighting over Fish

428

Policy Perspectives President of Ireland, Mary McAleese

425

(27)

Let's Debate the Issue Overpopulation in the South: The Underestimated Priority?

452

(3)

The North-South Gap

455

(42)

Poverty

455

(2)

Theories of Accumulation

457

(6)

Economic Accumulation

457

(2)

Capitalism

459

(1)

Socialism

460

(1)

Economic Classes

461

(2)

Imperialism

463

(11)

The Globalization of Class

463

(1)

The World-System

464

(2)

European Colonialism

466

(3)

Anti-Imperialism

469

(1)

Postcolonial Dependency

470

(4)

The State of the South

474

(11)

Basic Human Needs

474

(3)

World Hunger

477

(2)

Rural and Urban Populations

479

(1)

Women in Development

480

(1)

Migration and Refugees

481

(4)

Revolution

485

(12)

Revolutionary Movements

485

(1)

Islamic Revolutions

486

(2)

Postrevolutionary Governments

488

Thinking Theoretically Lingering Effects of Imperialism

473

(10)

Policy Perspectives President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki

483

(11)

Let's Debate the Issue Poverty and Inequality in the South: Should the Developed North Increase Aid to the Developing South?

494

(3)

International Development

497

(44)

What Is Development?

497

(2)

Experiences

499

(9)

The Newly Industrializing Countries

499

(3)

The Chinese Experience

502

(3)

Other Experiments

505

(3)

Lessons

508

(6)

Import Substitution and Export-Led Growth

508

(1)

Concentrating Capital for Manufacturing

509

(2)

Authoritarianism and Democracy

511

(2)

Corruption

513

(1)

North-South Business

514

(10)

Foreign Investment

514

(2)

Technology Transfer

516

(2)

North-South Debt

518

(2)

IMF Conditionality

520

(3)

The South in International Economic Regimes

523

(1)

Foreign Assistance

524

(17)

Patterns of Foreign Assistance

525

(3)

The Disaster Relief Model

528

(2)

The Missionary Model

530

(2)

The Oxfam Model

532

Thinking Theoretically Why Is China So Successful?

505

(16)

Policy Perspectives President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak

521

(17)

Let's Debate the Issue Capitalism and Democracy in the Developing World: Do They Facilitate or Undermine Development?

538

(3)

Postscript

541

(4)

Glossary

545

(16)

Credits

561

(2)

Author Index

563

(8)

Subject Index

571

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