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Thoroughly updated to cover world affairs to 2008, International Relations, Brief Edition, offers the same approach and coverage as the bestselling survey text but in a more streamlined and flexible format. From war, trade, and development to terrorism, human rights, and the environment, this text focuses on all of the major issues in international security and political economy as well as transnational issues. With the broadest discussion of theoretical perspectives, the most current coverage of international events, and the strongest emphasis... MORE

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Preface	p. xi
To the Student	p. xvii
A Note on Nomenclature	p. xvii
Careers in International Relations	p. xviii
World States and Territories map	p. xxii
The Globalization of International Relations	p. 1
The Study of IR	p. 1
IR and Daily Life	p. 2
Core Principles	p. 3
... MOREIR as a Field of Study	p. 8
Actors and Influences	p. 9
State Actors	p. 10
Nonstate Actors	p. 13
Levels of Analysis	p. 15
Globalization	p. 17
Global Geography	p. 19
The Evolving International System	p. 24
The Cold War, 1945-1990	p. 24
The Post-Cold War Era, 1900-2008	p. 28
Policy Perspectives: Overview	p. 14
Empowering the Global South: A Rights-Based Approach to Development (Special Section)
Power Politics	p. 35
Realism	p. 35
Power	p. 37
Defining Power	p. 38
Estimating Power	p. 39
Elements of Power	p. 40
The International System	p. 41
Anarchy and Sovereignty	p. 41
Balance of Power	p. 43
Great Powers and Middle Powers	p. 44
Power Distribution	p. 46
Hegemony	p. 48
Alliances	p. 50
Purposes of Alliances	p. 50
NATO	p. 51
Other Alliances	p. 53
Regional Alignments	p. 54
Strategy	p. 57
Statecraft	p. 57
Rationality	p. 60
The Prisoner's Dilemma	p. 61
Policy Perspectives: Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh	p. 55
Alternatives to Power Politics	p. 66
Liberal Theories	p. 66
The Waning of War	p. 66
Kant and Peace	p. 68
Liberal Institutionalism	p. 69
International Regimes	p. 70
Collective Security	p. 72
The Democratic Peace	p. 73
Foreign Policy and Decision Making	p. 75
Models of Decision Making	p. 75
Individual Decision Makers	p. 77
Group Psychology	p. 81
Crisis Management	p. 82
Bureaucracies	p. 83
Interest Groups	p. 84
The Military-Industrial Complex	p. 85
Public Opinion	p. 87
Legislatures	p. 89
Social Theories	p. 91
Constructivism	p. 91
Postmodernism	p. 92
Marxism	p. 93
Peace Studies	p. 96
Gender Theories	p. 99
Why Gender Matters	p. 99
The Masculinity of Realism	p. 101
Gender in War and Peace	p. 101
Women in IR	p. 103
Difference Feminism versus Liberal Feminism?	p. 106
Postmodern Feminism	p. 107
Policy Perspectives: President of Ukraine, Victor Yuschenko	p. 90
Conflict, War, and Terrorism	p. 112
The Wars of the World	p. 112
Types of War	p. 113
Causes of War	p. 116
Conflicts of Ideas	p. 118
Nationalism	p. 119
Ethnic Conflict	p. 120
Religious Conflict	p. 125
Ideological Conflict	p. 133
Conflicts of Interest	p. 134
Territorial Disputes	p. 135
Control of Governments	p. 140
Economic Conflict	p. 141
Conventional Military Forces	p. 142
Armies	p. 143
Navies	p. 145
Air Forces	p. 146
Logistics and Intelligence	p. 147
Evolving Technologies	p. 148
Terrorism	p. 150
Weapons of Mass Destruction	p. 152
Nuclear Weapons	p. 152
Ballistic Missiles and Other Delivery Systems	p. 153
Chemical and Biological Weapons	p. 156
Proliferation	p. 158
Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control	p. 160
States and Militaries	p. 162
Military Economics	p. 162
Control of Military Forces	p. 163
Policy Perspectives: President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	p. 124
Trade and Money	p. 168
Theories of Trade	p. 168
Liberalism and Mercantilism	p. 169
Comparative Advantage	p. 172
Political Interference in Markets	p. 174
Protectionism	p. 176
Trade Regimes	p. 178
The World Trade Organization	p. 178
Bilateral and Regional Agreements	p. 181
Cartels	p. 183
Industries and Interest Groups	p. 184
Enforcement of Trade Rules	p. 187
Economic Globalization	p. 188
The World Economy, 1750-2000	p. 188
Resistance to Trade	p. 192
Interdependence	p. 193
The Currency System	p. 195
International Currency Exchange	p. 196
Why Currencies Rise or Fall	p. 199
Central Banks	p. 201
The World Bank and the IMF	p. 202
State Financial Positions	p. 204
National Accounts	p. 204
International Debt	p. 204
Multinational Business	p. 205
Multinational Corporations	p. 206
Foreign Direct Investment	p. 207
Host and Home Government Relations	p. 208
Policy Perspectives: President of China, Hu Jintao	p. 200
International Organization, Law, and Human Rights	p. 216
Supranationalism	p. 216
Roles of International Organizations	p. 218
The United Nations	p. 220
The UN System	p. 220
The Security Council	p. 225
Peacekeeping Forces	p. 229
The Secretariat	p. 232
The General Assembly	p. 233
UN Programs	p. 233
Autonomous Agencies	p. 235
The European Union	p. 236
Integration Theory	p. 236
The Vision of a United Europe	p. 238
The Treaty of Rome	p. 239
Structure of the European Union	p. 240
The Single European Act	p. 242
The Maastricht Treaty	p. 243
Monetary Union	p. 244
Expanding the European Union	p. 245
International Law	p. 249
Sources of International Law	p. 249
Enforcement of International Law	p. 250
The World Court	p. 251
International Cases in National Courts	p. 254
Laws of Diplomacy	p. 255
Just-War Doctrine	p. 257
Human Rights	p. 258
Individual Rights versus Sovereignty	p. 258
Human-Rights Institutions	p. 260
War Crimes	p. 262
Policy Perspectives: President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade	p. 253
North-South Relations	p. 268
The State of the South	p. 268
Basic Human Needs	p. 271
World Hunger	p. 275
Rural and Urban Populations	p. 276
Women in Developing Countries	p. 277
Migration and Refugees	p. 278
Theories of Accumulation	p. 280
Economic Accumulation	p. 280
Capitalism	p. 281
Socialism	p. 282
The World-System	p. 283
Imperialism	p. 285
Effects of Colonialism	p. 285
Postcolonial Dependency	p. 288
Revolutionary Movements	p. 290
Development Experiences	p. 291
The Newly Industrializing Countries	p. 292
The Chinese Experience	p. 294
India Takes Off	p. 297
Other Experiments	p. 299
Import Substitution and Export-Led Growth	p. 303
Concentrating Capital for Manufacturing	p. 303
Authoritarianism and Democracy	p. 305
Corruption	p. 305
North-South Capital Flows	p. 306
Foreign Investment	p. 306
North-South Debt	p. 308
IMF Conditionality	p. 310
The South in International Economic Regimes	p. 312
Foreign Assistance	p. 313
Patterns of Foreign Assistance	p. 314
Forms of Development Assistance	p. 316
Policy Perspectives: President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak	p. 311
Environment and Technology	p. 325
Interdependence and the Environment	p. 325
Sustainable Development	p. 328
Managing the Environment	p. 328
The Atmosphere	p. 329
Biodiversity	p. 333
Forests and Oceans	p. 334
Pollution	p. 339
Natural Resources	p. 340
World Energy	p. 341
Minerals	p. 344
Water Disputes	p. 344
International Security and the Environment	p. 345
Population	p. 346
The Demographic Transition	p. 347
Population Policies	p. 348
Disease	p. 350
The Power of Information	p. 354
Networking the World	p. 354
Information as a Tool of Governments	p. 357
Information as a Tool against Governments	p. 358
Telecommunications and Global Culture	p. 359
Conclusion	p. 361
Policy Perspectives: President of Ireland, Mary McAleese	p. 335
Glossary	p. 367
Credits	p. 382
Index	p. 383
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Joshua S. Goldstein American University, Washington, D.C. University of Massachusetts, Amherst Jon C. Pevehouse University of Chicago

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