Preface PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD POLITICS 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF WORLD POLITICS What Is World Politics? Politics as the Authoritative Allocation of Values An Overview of World Politics The View from Lost Empires Current Political Trends Why Study World Politics? Relating International Affairs to Your Life Join the Debate: Should There Be One World Government? Interconnections and Patterns In Politics What New Forces Are Shaping the Planet? Information Technology The New Global and Transnational Issues The Increasing Inability of the State to Solve Problems The Rise of Ethnic Nationalism and Religious Fundamentalism New Citizen Activism Why It Matters: Why Canrs"t I Download Music? Summary Case Study: The Report of the 9/11 Commission of the U.S. Senate and New Forces Shaping the Planet 2. APPROACHES TO WORLD POLITICS How Can I Make Sense of World Politics? Political Realism Idealism The Ecological Paradigm What Theories of World Politics Flow from the Paradigms? Political Realism The View From Indian Philosopher Kautilya Join the Debate: Number 1 Looks after Number 1 Idealism Marxism Liberalism Why It Matters: A Liberalist or a Realist Ecological Paradigm What Are the Subjective Approaches to World Politics? The Positivist Approach Critical Theory in Educational Philosophy Critical Theory in Perspective Summary Case Study: The Future of Afghanistan 3. ANALYZING WORLD POLITICS What Is the Basic Unit of Analysis in the International System? The State and Its Primary Characteristics The Origins and Development of the State What Are the Levels of Analysis and How do They Define the International System? The International System as a Whole Join the Debate: The New Global Civil Society Is Great The Regional Level of Analysis The State Level of Analysis The Substate Level of Analysis The View from the Holy Land The Individual Level of Analysis Why It Matters: Power-ful Sayings How Do We Use the Levels of Analysis to Understand International Relations? An Analytic Overview of a State: Afghanistan Applying Levels of Analysis Summary Case Study: North Korears"s Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons PART II: DRIVING FORCES IN WORLD POLITICS 4. POWER IN WORLD POLITICS What Is Power and How Is It Measured? The Nature of Power The View From Bangalore Power and World Politics The Multiple Dimensions of Power What Are the Major Elements of Power? Objective (Tangible) Sources of Power Join the Debate: Will China Be the Worldrs"s Next Superpower? Why It Matters: Why Do Gas Prices Rise at the Pump? Subjective Power Factors What Patterns of Power Relationships Exist among States? Balance of Power Power Shifts and Realignments The Rise of Terrorism Collective Security as a Method of Security-Seeking Summary Case Study: Power Factors in World Politics: Is Americars"s Power in Decline? 5.

FOREIGN POLICY FORMATION AND EXECUTION What Is Foreign Policy? Why It Matters: Declining Foreign Student Enrollments in U. S. Schools An Approach to Translating Power into Action A Set of Core, Middle-Range, and Long-Range Goals How Is Foreign Policy Formulated? Global-Level, State-Level, and Individual-Level Factors Join the Debate: Globalization Demands a New Foreign Policy Approach for the Sovereign State Factors that Influence Foreign Policy Decisions Some Perspectives on Foreign Policy Decision Making The View From Indonesia What Are the Foreign Policy Repercussions of 9/11? Americars"s War on Terrorism The Bush Doctrine Summary Case Study: The U.S.Saudi Arabia Relationship 6. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ACTORS What Are Intergovernmental Organizations? The Structure and Functions of International Organizations Why Do States Join Intergovernmental Organizations? The Benefits of IO Membership The View From NATO IGO Supranationality and Reciprocity among Member-States Rejecting IO Membership W.