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Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1305504879
- ISBN-13 : 978-1305504875
- Author: Charles William Kegley; Shannon Lindsey Blanton
WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION offers analysis of the most up-to-date data, research, and contemporary events from today’s international political stage. You will understand what is happening today and why. The 2016-2017 Edition incorporates recent challenges to global peace and prosperity, and the latest on international organizations, advances in military technology, a look at the changing nuclear environment in Iran, an expanded discussion on human rights, an enhanced discussion of global health threats, new data from World Development Indicators, and more. A partnership with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs provides additional coverage of contemporary issues. The authors present each issue in a thought-provoking way that encourages you to critically assess the problems, payoffs, pitfalls, and paradoxes of people’s choices about the global future and the probable impact those choices will have on students in the future. Now, the book is also available in a variety of formats with MindTap Political Science for Blanton/Kegley’s World Politics: Trend and Transformation is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today’s students into critical thinkers.
Table contents:
- Part 1: Trend and Transformation in World Politics
- Ch 1: Discovering World Politics
- Ch 1: Learning Objectives
- 1-1: The Challenge of Investigating International Relations
- 1-2: How do Perceptions Influence Images of Global Reality?
- 1-3: Key Concepts and Terms for Understanding World Politics
- Ch 1: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 2: Interpreting World Politics Through the Lens of Theory
- Ch 2: Learning Objectives
- 2-1: Theories and Changein World Politics
- 2-2: Realism
- 2-3: Liberalism
- 2-4: Constructivism
- 2-5: Other Theoretical Perspectives: Feminist and Marxist Critiques
- 2-6: International Theory and the Global Future
- Ch 2: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 3: Theories of International Decision Making
- Ch 3: Learning Objectives
- 3-1: Foreign Policy Making in International Affairs
- 3-2: Models of Decision Making by Transnational Actors
- 3-3: The Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy Decisions
- 3-4: Global Influences on Foreign Policy
- Ch 3: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Part 2: The Globe’s Actors and Their Relationships
- Ch 4: Great Power Relations and Rivalries
- Ch 4: Learning Objectives
- 4-1: The Quest for World Leadership
- 4-2: World War I
- 4-3: World War II
- 4-4: The Cold War
- 4-5: The Post–Cold War Era
- 4-6: Looking Ahead: What Does The Future Look Like for the Great Powers?
- Ch 4: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 5: World Politics and the Global South
- Ch 5: Learning Objectives
- 5-1: Colonial Origins and Consequences
- 5-2: North and South Today: Worlds Apart
- 5-3: Why Do Such Differences Persist?
- 5-4: Closing The Gap? The Global South’s Prospects in a World of Great Powers
- 5-5: The Global South’s Future
- Ch 5: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 6: Nonstate Actors and the Quest for Global Community
- Ch 6: Learning Objectives
- 6-1: Nonstate Actors in World Politics
- 6-2: Prominent Intergovernmental Organizations
- 6-3: Regional Intergovernmental Organizations
- 6-4: Prominent Types of Nongovernmental Organizations
- 6-5: Malevolent Nonstate Actors
- 6-6: Nonstate Actors and the Future of World Politics
- Ch 6: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Part 3: Confronting Armed Conflict
- Ch 7: The Threat of Armed Conflict to the World
- Ch 7: Learning Objectives
- 7-1: What Causes Armed Conflict?
- 7-2: Frequency and Types of Armed Conflict
- 7-3: Armed Conflict within States
- 7-4: Terrorism
- 7-5: Armed Conflict and Its Future
- Ch 7: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 8: The Pursuit of Power Through Arms and Alliances
- Ch 8: Learning Objectives
- 8-1: Realist Approaches to War and Peace
- 8-2: Power in World Politics
- 8-3: Changes in Military Capabilities
- 8-4: Coercive Diplomacy Through Military Intervention
- 8-5: Realist Interpretations of Alliances in World Politics
- 8-6: Realism and the Balancing of Power
- 8-7: What Lies Ahead?
- Ch 8: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 9: The Quest for Peace Through International Law and Collective Security
- Ch 9: Learning Objectives
- 9-1: Liberal and Constructivist Routes to International Peace
- 9-2: Beating Swords into Plowshares
- 9-3: Maintaining Collective Security Through International Organizations
- 9-4: Law at the International Level
- 9-5: Legal and Diplomatic Responses to Armed Conflict
- 9-6: Institutions, Norms, and World Order
- Ch 9: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Part 4: Human Security, Prosperity, and Responsibility
- Ch 10: The Globalization of International Finance
- Ch 10: Learning Objectives
- 10-1: Interpreting Contemporary Economic Change
- 10-2: Money Matters: The Transnational Exchange of Money
- 10-3: Bretton Woods and Beyond
- 10-4: The 2008 Global Financial Crisis
- 10-5: Recovery and Reform: Challenges Facing Global Finance
- Ch 10: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 11: International Trade in the Global Marketplace
- Ch 11: Learning Objectives
- 11-1: Globalization and Trade
- 11-2: Contending Trade Strategies
- 11-3: Trade and Global Politics
- 11-4: The Fate of Free Trade
- 11-5: Triumph or Trouble for the Global Economy
- Ch 11: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 12: The Demographic and Cultural Dimensions of Globalization
- Ch 12: Learning Objectives
- 12-1: Population Change as a Global Challenge
- 12-2: Global Migration Trends
- 12-3: New Plagues? The Global Impact of Disease
- 12-4: The Global Information Age
- 12-5: Globalization and the Global Future
- Ch 12: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 13: The Promotion of Human Development and Human Rights
- Ch 13: Learning Objectives
- 13-1: Putting People into the Picture
- 13-2: How Does Humanity Fare? The Human Condition Today
- 13-3: Human Rights and the Protection of People
- 13-4: Responding to Human Rights
- Ch 13: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Ch 14: Global Responsibility for the Preservation of the Environment
- Ch 14: Learning Objectives
- 14-1: Framing the Ecological Debate
- 14-2: Globalization and the Tragedy of the Global Commons
- 14-3: Global Ecopolitical Challenges
- 14-4: Toward Sustainability and Human Security
- 14-5: Global Efforts Toward Environmental Solutions
- Ch 14: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Part 5: Thinking about the Future of World Politics
- Ch 15: Looking Ahead at Global Trends and Transformations
- Ch 15: Learning Objectives
- 15-1: Global Trends and Forecasts: Putting Yourself in the Picture
- 15-2: The Global Predicament: Key Questions about a Turbulent World
- 15-3: A New World Order or New World Disorder?
- Ch 15: Study. Apply. Analyze.
- Glossary
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
