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International Politics on the World Stage, Brief, with PowerWeb

by: Rourke, John T.; Boyer, Mark A.

ISBN: 9780073018003 | 0073018007

Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 6/3/2005

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International Politics on the World Stage, Brief, with PowerWeb

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Chapter 1 - Thinking and Caring About World Politics

The Importance of Studying World Politics

World Politics and Your Finances

World Politics and Your Living Space

World Politics and Your Life

Can We Make a Difference?

The World Tomorrow: Two Roads Diverge

Realism and Liberalism: Some Travel Notes on Two Roads

The Nature of Politics: Realism and Liberalism

The Roles of Power and Principles: Realism and Liberalism

Assessing Reality: Reality and Liberalism

How to Study World Politics

Political Scientists and World Politics

Chapter Summary

Chapter 2 - The Evolution of World Politics

The Evolving World System: Early Development

Ancient Greece and Rome

After the Fall of Rome, A.D. 476 to 1700

The 18th and 19th Centuries

The Evolving World System: The 21st Century

The Cold War and the Bipolar System

The 21st Century: The Genesis of a New System

The Structure of Power in the 21st Century

Security in the 21st Century

Global Economics in the 21st Century

Quality of Life in the 21st Century

Chapter Summary

Chapter 3 - Level of Analysis

System-Level Analysis

Structural Characteristics

Power Relationships in the International System

Economic Patterns in the Political System

Norms of Behavior in the International System

State-Level Analysis

Making Foreign Policy: Type of Government, Situation, and Policy

Making Foreign Policy: Political Culture

Foreign Policy-Making Actors

Individual-Level Analysis

Humans as a Species

Organizational Behavior

Leaders and Their Individual Traits

Chapter Summary

Nationalism: The Traditional Orientation

Understanding Nations, Nationalism, and Nation-States

Nations, Nationalism, and Nation-States Defined

The Rise of Ascendancy of Nationalism

Nationalism in Practice: Issues and Evaluation

Nation-States: More Myth than Reality

Nationalism: Builder and Destroyer

Self-Determination as a Goal

Nationalism and the Future

The Recent Past and Present of Nationalism

The Future of Nationalism

Chapter Summary

Chapter 5 - Globalization and Transnationalism: The Alternative Orientation

Globalization

Globalization of Communications and Transportation

Economic Globalization

Cultural Globalization

Transnationalism

Postmodernism

Constructivism

Feminism

Transnationalism in Action

Transnational Organizations

Regional Transnationalism

Cultural Transnationalism

Transnational Religion

Islam and the World

Transnational Movements

Transnationalism Tomorrow

Chapter Summary

Chapter 6 - National States: The Traditional Structure

The Nature and Purpose of the State

The State Defined

Purposes of the State