Charles Kegley, Shannon Blanton

World Politics

Trends and Transformations, 2011-2012 Update Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The leading text in international relations is getting even better. Thoroughly revised for 2011-2012, WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION presents the most comprehensive coverage of any text. This annual update provides the most recent demographic and statistical information available for the course. Using key concepts from major theoretical traditions to analyze both historical and contemporary developments in international relations, WORLD POLITICS addresses topics such as war, terrorism, human rights, the environment, and international development while emphasizing an institutional approach to resolving international conflict. Authors Charles W. Kegley and Shannon L. Blanton present each issue in a thought-provoking yet accessible way that prepares you to critically assess the problems, payoffs, pitfalls, and paradoxes of people's collective choices about the global future and the probable impact those choices will have on your life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cengage Learning EMEA / Wadsworth
• 13th ed.
• Seitenzahl: 704
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1192g
• ISBN-13: 9780495906551
• ISBN-10: 0495906557
• Artikelnr.: 32087030

Autorenporträt

Charles William Kegley is a past president of the International Studies Association. He served on the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Board of Trustees for two decades, which in 2023 founded the annual Kegley Lectureship. He holds the title of Pearce Distinguished Professor of International Relations Emeritus at the University of South Carolina. A graduate of the American University (B.A.) and Syracuse University (Ph.D.) and a Pew Faculty Fellow at Harvard University, Dr. Kegley previously served on the faculty at Georgetown University and has held visiting professorships at the University of Texas, Rutgers University, the People's University of China and the Institut Universitaire de Hautes �tudes Internationales Et du Développement in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association. A founding partner of Kegley International, Inc. (a publishing, r

esearch and consulting foundation), Dr. Kegley has authored more than 50 scholarly books and over 100 journal articles.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION IN WORLD POLITICS.1. Interpreting World Politics.2. Theories of World Politics.PART II: THE GLOBE'S ACTORS AND THEIR RELATIONS.3. Great Power Rivalries and Relations.4. The Global South in a World of Powers.5. Nonstate Actors and the Quest for Global Community.6. International Decision Making.PART III: CONFRONTING ARMED AGGRESSION.7. The Threat of Armed Aggression to the World.8. The Military Pursuit of Power through Arms and Military Strategy.9. Alliances and the Balance of Power.10. Negotiated Conflict Resolution and International Law.11. Institutional and Normative Approaches to Collective Security.PART IV: HUMAN SECURITY, PROSPERITY, AND RESPONSIBILITY.12. The Globalization of International Finance.13. International Trade in the Global Marketplace.14. The Demographic and Cultural Dimensions of Globalization.15. The Promotion of Human Development and Human Rights.16. Global Responsibility for the Preservation of the Environment.PART V: THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORLD POLITICS.17. Looking Ahead at Global Trends and Transformations.