Kegley, Charles W.
World politics : trend and transformation / Charles W. Kegley, Jr., Eugene R. Wittkopf. - Seventh edition - xxviii, 626 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 583-601) and index.
List of Focus Boxes and Maps - Preface - PART 1: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION IN WORLD POLITICS - Exploring Twenty-First-Century World Politics - Rival Theoretical Interpretations of World Politics - PART 2: THE ACTORS AND THEIR RELATIONS - How States Make Foreign Policy Decisions to Cope with International Circumstances - Great-Power Rivalries and Relations - The Plight and Policy Posture of the Less Developed Global South - Universal and Regional Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs) - Nongovernmental Actors on the World Stage - PART 3: THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WELFARE - Trade and Monetary Issues in a Globalized Political Economy - Globalization and the Impact of Vanishing Borders - World Demographic Patterns, Problems and Possibilities - The Ecological Security and Preservation of the Global Commons - PART 4: Armed Conflict between and within States - The Changing Character of Military Power and National Security - The Use of Coercive Diplomacy for Defense, Deterrence and Bargaining - The Realist Road to Security through Alliances, the Balance of Power and Arms Control - The Liberal Institutional Paths to Peace through Law, Integration and Democratization - PART 5: TOWARD THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY - Ten Questions about Global Prospects on the Cusp of a New Century - Glossary - References - Acknowledgements - Index
This textbook comprehensively covers the evidence that describes how the world works and theories that explain what is unfolding. In this extensively revised edition, the authors keep pace with the march of events and the ever-changing theories and concepts of international relations.
0312166575
98084989
International relations.
World politics.
JX1395 / .K4 1999
327.101
World politics : trend and transformation / Charles W. Kegley, Jr., Eugene R. Wittkopf. - Seventh edition - xxviii, 626 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 583-601) and index.
List of Focus Boxes and Maps - Preface - PART 1: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION IN WORLD POLITICS - Exploring Twenty-First-Century World Politics - Rival Theoretical Interpretations of World Politics - PART 2: THE ACTORS AND THEIR RELATIONS - How States Make Foreign Policy Decisions to Cope with International Circumstances - Great-Power Rivalries and Relations - The Plight and Policy Posture of the Less Developed Global South - Universal and Regional Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs) - Nongovernmental Actors on the World Stage - PART 3: THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WELFARE - Trade and Monetary Issues in a Globalized Political Economy - Globalization and the Impact of Vanishing Borders - World Demographic Patterns, Problems and Possibilities - The Ecological Security and Preservation of the Global Commons - PART 4: Armed Conflict between and within States - The Changing Character of Military Power and National Security - The Use of Coercive Diplomacy for Defense, Deterrence and Bargaining - The Realist Road to Security through Alliances, the Balance of Power and Arms Control - The Liberal Institutional Paths to Peace through Law, Integration and Democratization - PART 5: TOWARD THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY - Ten Questions about Global Prospects on the Cusp of a New Century - Glossary - References - Acknowledgements - Index
This textbook comprehensively covers the evidence that describes how the world works and theories that explain what is unfolding. In this extensively revised edition, the authors keep pace with the march of events and the ever-changing theories and concepts of international relations.
0312166575
98084989
International relations.
World politics.
JX1395 / .K4 1999
327.101