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International Relations and World Politics : Security, Economy, Identity

ISBN: 9780134809304 | 0134809300
Format: Paperback
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 1/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
Provides an overview, putting international politics in historical perspective. Focuses on state security and statecraft and reviews major international security issues - terrorism, criminal activity and weapons proliferation. Paper. DLC: World politics 1989 -
Prefacexiv
PART I OVERVIEW1(80)
Chapter 1 Introduction: Trends, Concepts, Actors, and Perspectives
2(43)
Trends
... MORE		4(4)
Interdependence
4(3)
Crises of authority
7(1)
Connections and cautions
7(1)
Concepts
8(2)
Actors
10(5)
Individuals and world politics
15(1)
Perspectives on International Relations and World Politics
15(3)
International Relations and World Politics
18(1)
Overview
19(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
20(1)
Additional Readings
21(24)
Appendix A The Charter of the United Nations
22(23)
Chapter 2 International Relations and World Politics in Historical Perspective
45(36)
International Systems: Definition and Scope
46(2)
Four Types of International Systems: An Overview
48(15)
The Persian Empire
51(1)
Classical Greece: Independent state and hegemonic systems
52(4)
India: Independent state and imperial systems
56(1)
The Roman Empire
57(4)
Medieval Europe and the feudal system
61(2)
The Rise of the European Independent State System
63(14)
The emergence of collective hegemony
70(2)
The globalization of the European system
72(5)
Conclusion
77(2)
Key Terms and Concepts
79(1)
Additional Readings
79(2)
PART II STATE SECURITY AND STATECRAFT81(78)
Chapter 3 Interests, Objectives, and Powers of States
82(28)
Framework: Interests, Objectives, Threats, Opportunities
85(9)
Policymaking conflicts over interests and objectives
89(2)
Prioritization of conflicts
91(1)
Competing domestic and foreign policy objectives
92(2)
States versus other actors
94(1)
Capabilities and Power: Translating Objectives Into Realities
94(14)
Political capabilities
96(5)
Social and cultural capabilities
101(1)
Geographic, economic, and technological capabilities
102(3)
Military capabilities
105(1)
Measuring power
106(2)
Conclusion
108(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
108(1)
Additional Readings
109(1)
Chapter 4 Diplomacy: Managing Relations Among International Actors
110(25)
Definition and Scope
113(2)
The Historical Development of Diplomacy
115(3)
Diplomatic Machinery and Processes
118(12)
Recognition of states and governments
118(4)
Diplomatic immunities and protections
122(1)
The organization of diplomatic missions
123(3)
The modalities of effective diplomacy
126(4)
Conclusion
130(2)
Key Terms and Concepts
132(1)
Additional Readings
132(3)
Chapter 5 The Use of Military Force: War, Just Wars, and Armed Intervention
135(24)
The Rationalities and Irrationalities of Interstate War
134(1)
The Gauses of War
135(6)
International system level of analysis
136(2)
Individual and group levels of analysis
138(1)
State and societal level of analysis
138(3)
National Strategy and the USe of Force
141(3)
Restraining War: Moral and Legal Principles and the Use of Force
144(8)
Pacifism and bellicism
144(2)
Just-war theory
146(2)
Conduct during war
148(2)
Noncombatants
150(2)
Law, Armed Intervention, and World Politics
152(3)
Intervention and civil wars
154(1)
Humanitarian intervention
155(1)
Law, Force, and National Security
155(2)
Conclusion
157(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
158(1)
Additional Readings
158(1)
PART III INTERNATIONAL SECURITY159(70)
Chapter 6 Terrorism, Crime, and Weapons Proliferation
161(25)
Terrorism
161(12)
Causes of terrorism
166(2)
Extent of international terrorism
168(2)
Responses
170(3)
Transnational Crime
173(5)
Case study: The United States, Latin America, and drugs
176(2)
Weapons Proliferation
178(6)
Nuclear weapons and material
178(4)
Chemical and biological weapons
182(1)
Ballistic missiles
182(1)
Conventional weapons
183(1)
Conclusion
184(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
185(1)
Additional Readings
185(1)
Chapter 7 International Cooperation: Alliances, Collective Security, Arms Control, and Security Regimes
186(43)
Cooperation, Harmony, Discord
187(8)
World government
188(1)
Alliances
188(2)
Collective security
190(5)
Controlling Armaments
195(21)
Arms control verification and compliance
198(2)
International security, national security, and the implications for nuclear arms control regimes
200(1)
Arms control, deterrence, defense, and warfighting
200(7)
Deterrence theory: Some concerns
207(1)
International security and the construction of regimes for conventional armaments: arms control agendas after the cold war
208(2)
Functional approaches to controlling or managing conflicts
210(4)
Conclusion
214(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
215(1)
Additional Readings
215(1)
Appendix B The North Atlantic Treaty
216(13)
PART IV THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY229(46)
Chapter 8 The Global Economy: Politics and Capitalism
221(30)
The Emergence and Development of Capitalism as a Worldwide Form of Political Economy
222(1)
Identifying the attributes of capitalist political economy
223(3)
The Passing of Feudalism and the New Politics of Capitalism, Mercantilism, and Liberalism
226(6)
The progressive globalization of capitalism
229(3)
The Twentieth-Century Debate on Global Commerce
232(5)
The North-South Divide
237(9)
Population growth and other constraints on economic development
239(6)
Regional economic integration and global commerce
245(1)
A Look Ahead
246(2)
Conclusion
248(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
249(1)
Additional Readings
250(1)
Chapter 9 Refugees, Resources, and the Enviornment: The Role of International and Transnational Organizations
251(24)
Refugees
251(10)
The refugee international regime
256(5)
Resource Scarcity and Demographics
261(12)
Enviornment and international security
264(4)
International organizations and the environment
268(3)
Transnational organizations and the environment
271(2)
Conclusion
273(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
273(1)
Additional Readings
273(2)
PART V IDENTITY IN WORLD POLITICS275(66)
Chapter 10 Nations, States, and Conflicting Identities
277(26)
Religion
278(1)
Nations, Ethic Groups, and States
279(12)
Binational States
283(1)
Multinational, multi-tribal, and other multi-ethic states
284(6)
Nation-states and nations without states
290(1)
Nations and Nationalism
291(7)
Alternative approaches to nationality and ethnicity
293(1)
Alternative approaches to maintaining unity in binational, multinational, and multi-ethnic states
294(4)
Social and Economic Approaches to Intercommunal Peace
298(2)
Conclusion
300(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
301(1)
Additional Readings
301(2)
Chapter 11 Humanitarianism: Justice and Human Rights
303(31)
Human Rights and the Human Condition
304(3)
Justice: The Universality of Human Rights Versus State Sovereignty
307(7)
Human rights and the liberal tradition
308(3)
Human right across cultures
311(2)
Culturally specified rights and values
313(1)
Toward Global Society and Values That Transcend Diverse Cultures
314(12)
From theory to fact
316(6)
Machinery for human rights issues and cases
322(4)
Conclusion
326(1)
Key Terms and Concepts
327(1)
Additional Readings
328(1)
Appendix C Universal Declaration of Human Rights
329(5)
Chapter 12 Conclusion: Optimistic and Pessimistic Views of the Coming Century
334(7)
Economic and Technological Optimists
335(1)
Social and Enviornmental Pessimists
336(2)
Realists and Pluralists
338(2)
Final Words
340(1)
Glossary341(26)
Photo Credits367(1)
About the Authors368(1)
Index369

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