Introduction to Global Politics

PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF GLOBAL POLITICS ; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL POLITICS ; International Relations and Global Politics ; The Origins of Globalization ; Research Approaches and Levels of Analysis ; Introduction to Theories of Global Politics ; International Relations Theories and Globalization ; Dimensions of Globalization ; FEATURES ; Global Perspective: Perception, Continuity, and Change After January 20, 2009 ; Case Study: Global Production and the iPod ; Thinking about Global Politics: Why Should I Care? ; CHAPTER 2. THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL POLITICS ; World Wars: Modern and Total ; Legacies and Consequences of European Colonialism ; Cold War ; From the End of the Cold War to the War on Terrorism ; Globalization: Challenging the International Order? ; The War on Terrorism: From 9/11 to Iraq and Afghanistan ; FEATURES ; Case Study: Russia and Realism ; Theory in Practice: The Iraq War and Its Origins ; Thinking about Global Politics: Understanding and Resolving International Conflicts ; CHAPTER 3. THEORIES OF GLOBAL POLITICS ; What Is Realism? ; What Is Liberalism? ; Alternative Theories ; The Essential Marxism ; Constructivism ; Feminist Theory ; FEATURES ; Case Study 3.1: The Melian Dialogue-Realism and the Preparation for War ; Case Study 3.2: The Power of Ideas: Politics and Neoliberalism ; Theory in Practice: Reimaging War ; Thinking about Global Politics: A Summit on Global Problems ; PART II. GLOBAL ACTORS ; CHAPTER 4. MAKING FOREIGN POLICY ; States and Nationalism ; What Is Foreign Policy? ; Foreign Policy Strategies and Tools ; Explaining Foreign Policy: Levels of Analysis ; The Foreign Policy Process ; Foreign Policy Styles and Traditions ; FEATURES ; Case Study: Refugees ; Theory in Practice: China, the United States, and Korea: When Great Powers' Interests Collide ; Thinking about Global Politics: Designing a New World Order ; CHAPTER 5. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NONSTATE ACTORS ; International Law ; The United Nations ; Maintenance of International Peace and Security ; The Reform Process of the United Nations ; The European Union and Other Regional Organizations ; Nongovernmental Actors ; Conclusion ; FEATURES ; Theory in Practice: Neoconservatives and the UN ; Case Study: A Global Campaign: The Baby Milk Advocacy Network ; Thinking About Global Politics: Who Could Help Tomorrow? Twenty Global Problems and Global Issues Networks ; PART III. GLOBAL ISSUES ; CHAPTER 6: GLOBAL SECURITY, MILITARY POWER, AND TERRORISM ; What Is "Security"? ; The Changing Character of War ; Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation ; Defining Terrorism ; Terrorism: From Domestic to Global Phenomena ; The Impact of Globalization on Terrorism ; Globalization, Technology, and Terrorism ; Combating Terrorism ; FEATURES ; Case Study 6.1: US Drone Warfare: A Robotic Revolution in Modern Combat ; Case Study 6.2: Cyberterrorism ; Theory in Practice: The Realist-Theory Perspective and the War on Terror ; Thinking About Global Politics: Perspectives on the Arms Race ; CHAPTER 7: HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN SECURITY ; What Are Human Rights? ; International Human Rights Legislation ; What Is Human Security? ; History of Humanitarian Activism and Intervention ; Humanitarian Dimensions ; The Role of the International Community ; FEATURES ; Case Study: Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia ; Theory in Practice: Gendered Perspective on Human Rights ; Thinking about Global Politics: What Should Be Done? National Interests versus Human Interests ; CHAPTER 8: GLOBAL ECONOMICS AND TRADE ; The Postwar World Economy ; Approaches to IPE ; International Institutions in the Globalizing World Economy ; Global Trade ; The Globalization Debate in Political Economy ; Conclusion ; FEATURES ; Case Study: NAFTA and Mexico ; Theory in Practice: What Course to Follow Out of the Global Recession? ; Thinking About Global Politics: The Possibilities of Cooperation: The Global Commons Challenge ; CHAPTER 9: POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT, AND HUNGER ; Poverty ; Development ; Hunger ; FEATURES ; Case Study 9.1: Ideas and Development in the Contemporary Coffee-Producing Sector ; Theory in Practice: The Terms of Development ; Case Study 9.2: Haiti: Poverty and Hunger ; Thinking about Global Politics: Development Assistance as Foreign Policy Statecraft ; CHAPTER 10: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ; Environmental Issues on the International Agenda: A Brief History ; The Environment and International Relations Theory ; The Functions of International Environmental Cooperation ; Climate Change ; FEATURES ; Case Study: The "Doomsday" Seed Vault ; Theory in Practice: Regime Theory and the Montreal Protocol ; Thinking about Global Politics: The Environment: Images and Options