Introduction to Global Politics
Introduction to Global Politics
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Author(s): Lamy, Steven
Masker, John
Masker, John S.
Owens, Patricia
Smith, Steve
ISBN No.: 9780197644546
Pages: 544
Year: 202208
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 160.08
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About the AuthorsMaps of the WorldPrefacePART I:FOUNDATIONS OF GLOBAL POLITICSCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL POLITICS: John Baylis, Anthony McGrew, Steve Smith, Steven L. Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionInternational Relations and Global PoliticsGlobal ActorsGlobal IssuesTheories of Global PoliticsWhat Are Theories?Theoretical Traditions in International RelationsThe Rise of RealismRival TheoriesResearch Approaches: Historical, Social Scientific, and ConstructivistThe Historical ApproachThe Social Scientific Approach: Levels of AnalysisThe Constructivist ApproachDimensions of GlobalizationConclusionWHAT''S TRENDING? The End of Peace?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Understanding and Resolving International ConflictsCHAPTER 2 THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL POLITICS: David Armstrong, Michael Cox, Len Schoot, Steven L. Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionThe Significance of the Peace of WestphaliaRevolutionary WarsWorld Wars: Modern and TotalLegacies and Consequences of European ColonialismCol WarOnset of the Cold WarConflict, Confrontration, and CompromiseThe Rise and Fall of DetenteFrom Detente to a Second Cold WarFrom the End of the Cold War to the War on TerrorismGlobalization: Challenging the International Order?From Superpower to Hyperpower: US PrimacyEurope in the New World SystemRussia: From Yeltsin to PutinEast Asia: Primed from Rivalry?Latin America: Becoming Global PlayersThe War on Terrorism: From 9/11 to Iraq, Afghanistan, and SyriaConclusionFEATURESTHEORY IN PRACTICE Percenption, Continuity, and Change After January 20, 2009CASE STUDY The Forgotten Genocides: German Colonialism After the Berlin ConferenceWHAT''S TRENDING? The End of Peace?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Understanding and Resolving International ConflictsCHAPTER 3 REALISM, LIBERALISM, AND CRITICAL THEORIES: Tim Dunne, Brian C. Schmidt, Stephen Hobden, Richard Wyn Jones, Steve Smith, Steven L. Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionWhat Is Realism?The Essential RealismStatismSurvivalSelf-HelpOne Realism or Many?Classical RealismStructural Realism, or NeorealismContemporary Realist Challenges to Structural RealismWhat Theory Tells Us About PolicyWhat Is Liberalism?Defining LiberalismThe Essential LiberalismNeoliberalismLiberalism in PracticeWhat Theory Tells Us About PolicyCritical TheoriesThe Essential MarxismThird World SocialistsFeminist TheoryWhat Theory Tells Us About PolicyConstructivismConclusionFEATURESCASE STUDY The Power of Ideas: Politics and NeoliberalismTHEORY IN PRACTICE What Makes a Theory "Alternative" or Critical?THEORY IN PRACTICE Jane Addams and the Women''s International League for Peace and FreedomWHAT''S TRENDING? Will Capitalism Survive?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS The Melian Dialogue: Realism and the Preparation for WarPART II: GLOBAL ACTORSCHAPTER 4 MAKING FOREIGN POLICY: Steven L. Lamy and John MaskerIntroductionWhat Is Foreign Policy?States, Nationalism, and National InterestsForeign Policy from Different PerspectivesWho Makes Foreign Policy?What Do We Expect From Foreign Policy?Levels of Analysis in Foreign PolicyIndividual Factors, or the Human DimensionNational Factors, or Domestic AttributesSystemic Factors, or the Nature of the International SystemGlobal FactorsThe Foreign Policy ProcessPhase One: Initiation or ArticulationPhase Two: The Formulation of Foreign PolicyPhase Three: Foreign Policy ImplementationPhase Four: Foreign Policy EvaluationForeign Policy Strategies and ToolsSticks: Military and Economic ToolsCarrots: Foreign AssistanceSermons: Diplomatic Messaging and the Use of All Forms of MediaSoft, Smart, and Hard Power in Foreign PolicyForeign Policy Styles and TraditionsGreat-Power Foreign PolicyMiddle-Power Foreign PolicySmall-State Foreign PolicyConclusionFEATURESCASE STUDY RefugeesCASE STUDY Geopolitics in the COVID-19 Era: Vaccine Diplomacy and Competition for Global InfluenceTHEORY IN PRACTICE The Impact of Globalization on Different Kinds of StatesWHAT''S TRENDING? Women Do MatterTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Designing a New World OrderCHAPTER 5 GLOBAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE : Devon Curtis, Christian Reus-Smit, Paul Taylor, Steven L. Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionInternational LawInternational Order and InstitutionsCriticisms of International LawFrom International to Supranational Law?The United NationsA Brief History of the United NationsThe UN''s Principal OrgansThe Security CouncilGrowth in UN MembershipThe General AssemblyThe SecretariatThe Economic and Social CouncilThe Trusteeship CouncilThe International Court of JusticeMaintenance of International Peace and SecurityIncreased Attention to Conditions Within StatesIntervention Within StatesEconomic and Social QuestionsThe Reform Process of the United NationsCountry LevelHeadquarters LevelThe European Union and Other Regional OrganizationsThe Process of European IntegrationOther Regional Actors: The African Union, the Organization of American States, The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the Arab LeagueThe African UnionOrganization of American StatesThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)Arab LeagueChina as a Leader of Global InstitutionsThe Growth of Global Civil SocietyMultinational CorporationsINGOs as Global Political ActorsSources of INGO PowerForms of INGO PowerInformation PoliticsSymbolic PoliticsLeverage PoliticsAccountability PoliticsGlobal Campaign PoliticsCelebrity DiplomacyFoundations and Think TanksCriminal and Terrorist Networks as Global ActorsConclusionFEATURESTHEORY IN PRACTICE Neoconservatives and the United NationsCASE STUDY Democratic Diplomacy: The Ottawa Process and Treaty to Ban LandminesTHEORY IN PRACTICE NGOs and Protecting the Rights of ChildrenWHAT''S TRENDING? A World Order Without Arms?THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Who Could Help Tomorrow? Twenty Global Problems and Global Issues NetworksPART III: GLOBAL ISSUESCHAPTER 6 GLOBAL SECURITY, MILITARY POWER, AND TERRORISM : John Baylis, Darryl Howlett, James D. Kiras, Steven L.


Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionWhat Is "Security"?Mainstream and Critical Approaches to SecurityRealist and Neorealist Views on Global SecurityLiberal Institutionalist Views on Global SecurityThe Constructivist Approach to Global SecurityThe Feminist Approach to Global SecurityMarxist and Radical Liberal or Utopian Approaches to SecurityThe Changing Character of WarThe Nature of WarThe Revolution in Military AffairsHybrid WarfarePostmodern WarGlobalization and New WarsNew Roles for NATO?Nuclear Proliferation and NonproliferationProliferation Optimism and PessimismNuclear Weapons EffectsThe Current Nuclear AgeNuclear MotivationsNuclear Capabilities and IntentionsGreat Power Security and StrategyUnited StatesChinaRussiaThe European UnionTerrorism and ExtremismTerrorism: From Domestic to Global PhenomenonThe Impact of Globalization on TerrorismCultural ExplanationsEconomic ExplanationsReligion and "New" TerrorismGlobalization, Technology, and TerrorismProselytizingSecurity of Terrorist OrganizationsMobilityCombating TerrorismCounterterrorism ActivitiesConclusionFEATURESCASE STUDY US Drone Warfare: A Robotic Revolution in Modern CombatTHEORY IN PRACTICE The Realist-Theory Perspective and the War on TerrorismTHEORY IN PRACTICE The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Fighting Terrorism in the Former Communist BlocWHAT''S TRENDING? New Strategies and Tools of WarTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Perspectives on the Arms RaceCHAPTER 7 HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN SECURITY: Amitav Acharya, Alex J. Bellamy, Chris Brown, Nicholas J. Wheeler, Steven L. Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionWhat Are Human Rights?The Liberal Account of RightsHuman Rights and State SovereigntyInternational Human Rights LegislationThe Universal Declaration of Human RightsSubsequent UN LegislationEnforcement of Human Rights LegislationWhat Is Human Security?Origin of the ConceptHuman Security and DevelopmentHuman Security and RefugeesCommon SecurityHistory of Humanitarian Activism and InterventionContemporary Cases of Intervention and NoninterventionUniversalism ChallengedHumanitarian DimensionsPolitical and Economic Rights and SecurityHuman Rights and Human Security During ConflictGender, Identity, and Human SecurityThe Role of the International CommunityResponsibility to Protect, Prevent, and RebuildBasic PrinciplesConclusionFEATURESCASE STUDY A Failed InterventionCASE STUDY Afghanistan: Sleepwalking into a Great Humanitarian CrisisTHEORY IN PRACTICE Gendered Perspective on Human RightsWHAT''S TRENDING? The Human Rights NetworkTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS What Should Be Done? National Interests Versus Human InterestsCHAPTER 8 GLOBAL TRADE AND FINANCE: Steven L. Lamy and John MaskerIntroductionThe Emergence of a Global Trade and Monetary System 350 Global Trade and Finance Actors in a Globalizing EconomyCross-Border TransactionsOpen-Border TransactionsTransborder TransactionsGlobal TradeTransborder ProductionTransborder ProductsGlobal FinanceGlobal MoneyGlobal BankingGlobal SecuritiesGlobal DerivativesContinuity and Change in Economic GlobalizationIrregular IncidenceThe Persistence of TerritoryThe Survival of the StateThe Continuance of Nationalism and Cultural DiversityConclusionFEATURESTHEORY IN PRACTICE Contending Views of CapitalismTHEORY IN PRACTICE Globalization and "America First" NationalismCASE STUDY Southern Debt in Global FinanceWHAT''S TRENDING? Managing Global Political RisksTHINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Globalization: Productive, Predatory, or Inconsequential?CHAPTER 9 POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT, AND HUNGER: Caroline Thomas, Steven L. Lamy, and John MaskerIntroductionPovertyDevelopmentPost-1945 International Economic Liberalism and the Orthodox Development ModelThe Post-1945 International Economic Order: ResultsEconomic Development: Orthodox and Alternative EvaluationsA Critical Alternative View of DevelopmentDemocracy, Empowerment, and DevelopmentThe Orthodoxy Incorporates CriticismsAn Appraisal of the Responses of the Orthodox Approach to Its CriticsHungerThe Orthodox, Nature-Focused Explanation of HungerT.


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