World Politics In The 21st Century

Author : Robert J. Jackson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521767453

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Global Politics in the 21st Century by Robert J. Jackson Pdf

Objective, critical, optimistic, and with a global focus, this textbook combines international relations theory, history, up-to-date research, and current affairs to give the student a comprehensive, unbiased understanding of international politics. It integrates theory and traditional approaches with globalization and research on newer topics such as terrorism, the rise of new economic superpowers, and the impact of global communications and social networking to offer the ideal breadth and depth of coverage for a one-semester undergraduate course. Student learning is supported and enhanced by box features and "Close Up" sections with context and further information, "Critical Case Studies" that highlight controversial and complex current affairs topics and show how the world works in practice, and questions to stimulate discussion, review key concepts, and encourage further study. It brilliantly demonstrates the significance and interconnectiveness of globalization and new security challenges in the 21st century and illuminates the role of leadership in transnational crises.

Author : Jeffrey Haynes,Peter Hough,Shahin Malik,Lloyd Pettiford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317862970

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World Politics by Jeffrey Haynes,Peter Hough,Shahin Malik,Lloyd Pettiford Pdf

From the war on terror to the global financial crisis, traditional concepts of world politics are being challenged on a daily basis. In these uncertain times, the study of international relations and the forces that shape them have never been more important. Written specifically for students who are approaching this subject for the first time, World Politics is the most accessible, coherent and up-to-date account of the field available. It covers the historical backdrop to today’s political situations, the complex interactions of states and non-state actors, the role of political economy, human security in all its forms, and the ways in which culture, religion and identity influence events. World Politics takes a new approach that challenges traditional interpretations, and will equip students with the knowledge and the confidence needed to tackle the big issues.

Author : Walter Raymond Duncan,Barbara Jancar-Webster,Bob Switky
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0321149173

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World Politics in the 21st Century by Walter Raymond Duncan,Barbara Jancar-Webster,Bob Switky Pdf

"This exciting introduction to international relations includes topics often neglected in other texts and features in-depth case studies in every chapter that make abstract concepts concrete. Praised for its accessibility, pedagogy, and success in developing students' interest in the material, this third edition is truly a text for the 21st century and its students. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Author : Mark Beeson,Nick Bisley
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230362877

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Issues in 21st Century World Politics by Mark Beeson,Nick Bisley Pdf

Fully revised, the second edition of this popular text provides an incisive and accessible survey of the key issues in world politics. Written by an international team of experts, the text includes new chapters on the media and international law, as well as updated chapters on pressing issues such as climate change and resource security.

Author : Mark Beeson,Nick Bisley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137589002

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Issues in 21st Century World Politics by Mark Beeson,Nick Bisley Pdf

The third edition of this popular textbook offers a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the key questions that will confront anyone interested in world politics for decades to come. This text is a collation of topical chapters, each authored by experts in their own field and written in a clear and balanced manner. The issues which endure, as well as new and unexpected issues, are all covered within this text, with cross-referencing between chapters and to external work. New chapters cover the major developments of this era, including the impact of the financial crisis, climate change, the refugee crisis, the rise of China and Russia. Beeson and Bisely hone this text with their careful editorship. They place this text within the context of the key questions that arise from these issues: to what extent can policy makers cope with fundamental changes to politics, what will the impact of non-state actors be, what can we predict about future world politics, to name a few. This makes the text indispensable to students wishing to understanding contemporary world politics. Being wide-ranging and completely up-to-date, this is the ideal companion for both undergraduates and postgraduate students of internationals relations and politics. The text has been written in a clear and approachable manner to make it accessible to students unfamiliar with the topic.

Author : Jeffrey Haynes,Peter Hough,Shahin Malik,Lloyd Pettiford
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781526412959

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World Politics by Jeffrey Haynes,Peter Hough,Shahin Malik,Lloyd Pettiford Pdf

Praised for achieving significant breadth and depth of coverage of all the key themes of IR, this introduction is also full of a range of features and techniques – including a wide range of contemporary case studies and reflection boxes - to help students become adept at the subject quickly and easily

Author : Mikael Wigell,Sören Scholvin,Mika Aaltola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351172264

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Geo-economics and Power Politics in the 21st Century by Mikael Wigell,Sören Scholvin,Mika Aaltola Pdf

Starting from the key concept of geo-economics, this book investigates the new power politics and argues that the changing structural features of the contemporary international system are recasting the strategic imperatives of foreign policy practice. States increasingly practice power politics by economic means. Whether it is about Iran’s nuclear programme or Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Western states prefer economic sanctions to military force. Most rising powers have also become cunning agents of economic statecraft. China, for instance, is using finance, investment and trade as means to gain strategic influence and embed its global rise. Yet the way states use economic power to pursue strategic aims remains an understudied topic in International Political Economy and International Relations. The contributions to this volume assess geo-economics as a form of power politics. They show how power and security are no longer simply coupled to the physical control of territory by military means, but also to commanding and manipulating the economic binds that are decisive in today’s globalised and highly interconnected world. Indeed, as the volume shows, the ability to wield economic power forms an essential means in the foreign policies of major powers. In so doing, the book challenges simplistic accounts of a return to traditional, military-driven geopolitics, while not succumbing to any unfounded idealism based on the supposedly stabilising effects of interdependence on international relations. As such, it advances our understanding of geo-economics as a strategic practice and as an innovative and timely analytical approach. This book will be of much interest to students of security studies, international political economy, foreign policy and International Relations in general.

Author : Andrzej Mania,Marcin Grabowski,Tomasz Pugacewicz
Publisher : International Relations in Asia, Africa and the Americas
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : 3631782705

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Global Politics in the 21st Century by Andrzej Mania,Marcin Grabowski,Tomasz Pugacewicz Pdf

This book focuses on the problem of regionalism, the crucial phenomenon in international relations at early 21st century (both in terms of integration and conflict). The book analyzes theories of regional integration and regionalism and discusses challenges to regionalism in Asia, Africa and the European region.

Author : T. V. Paul,James J. Wirtz,Michel Fortmann
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804750172

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Balance of Power by T. V. Paul,James J. Wirtz,Michel Fortmann Pdf

Since the sudden disappearance of the Soviet Union, many scholars have argued that the balance of power theory is losing its relevance. This text examines this viewpoint, as well as looking at systematic factors that may hinder or favour the return of balance of power politics.

Author : Enrico Fels,Jan-Frederik Kremer,Katharina Kronenberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783642250828

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Power in the 21st Century by Enrico Fels,Jan-Frederik Kremer,Katharina Kronenberg Pdf

The study of power is the nucleus of political science and international relations. As a shift of power from traditional industrial countries to emerging powers has been perceived since the turn of the century, this book aims to present innovative theoretical and empirical approaches that can increase our understanding of this transition. Scholars from the fields of international relations, international political economy, economics and security studies not only explore current theoretical debates on ‘power’ and ‘power shifts’ among entities, but also provide fresh insights into relevant aspects of international power in the 21st century. With a particular focus on aspects of international security, trade and production, new methods of identifying power and its sources are presented, and their potential implications and challenges are discussed.

Author : Roy Smith,Imad El-Anis,Christopher Farrands
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317612742

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International Political Economy in the 21st Century by Roy Smith,Imad El-Anis,Christopher Farrands Pdf

Understanding of the theories that underpin international political economy (IPE), and their practical applications, is crucial to the study of international relations, politics, development and economics. This is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, with an engaging and coherent foundation to the subject. It considers traditional and alternative approaches to IPE, and in doing so elucidates key concepts, assumptions and the intellectual and historical context in which they arose and developed. At all times, it makes clear their relevance to issues from trade, finance and government, to environment, technology, health, labour, security, migration, development and culture. The book encourages independent reflection and critical thinking through a range of in-text guiding features. In addition, each chapter presents theoretical analysis alongside contemporary issues, helping the reader to relate to the real world of IPE and to better understand how theory helps inform interpretation of it. New to this edition: comprehensively updated to include key coverage of the post-2015 framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, the financial crisis and international government responses - successful or otherwise - to recent challenges; fully updated data, reflective questions, recommended readings, concept and example boxes, and illustrations; new chapters on health, migration and labour; additional coverage of trade theories and key contemporary issues, such as national versus human security, economic versus human development and illegal networks in global trade.

Author : Sven Biscop
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529217506

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Grand Strategy in 10 Words by Sven Biscop Pdf

This book introduces ten key terms for analysing grand strategy and shows how the world’s great powers – the United States, China, Russia and the European Union (EU) – shape their strategic decisions today and shows how the choices made will determine the course of world politics in the first half of the 21st century.

Author : Mark Cowling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351910330

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Political Issues for the Twenty-First Century by Mark Cowling Pdf

Assembling accessible and informative essays on contemporary debates and future issues in politics, this rewarding volume focuses on political developments in UK, European and international issues, and modern theoretical debates and problems. Each essay establishes the historical context before providing a speculative analysis of possible future developments. The collection presents a range of challenging and provocative accounts that deal with some of the most delicate, complex and fundamental issues that affect people living in Western Europe in the twenty-first century.

Author : Karen A. Mingst,Margaret P. Karns,Alynna J. Lyon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1003038263

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The United Nations in the 21st Century by Karen A. Mingst,Margaret P. Karns,Alynna J. Lyon Pdf

The United Nations in the 21st Century, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the UN. It explores the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the UN as well as major global trends and challenges facing the organization today, including changing major power dynamics, new threats to peace and security, the migration and refugee crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the existential challenges of climate change and sustainability. Thoroughly revised and expanded, it contains two new chapters on the UN and the environment and on human security, including issues of health, food security, global migration, and human trafficking. There is enhanced analysis of theoretical perspectives on post-colonialism, feminist theory, constructivism, and non-Western views. New content has also been added on the UN's budget crisis, public-private partnerships, and the role of women in the organization. By examining the UN as an intergovernmental organization facing the broader need for global cooperation to address economic, social, and environmental interdependencies alongside the threats posed by rising nationalism and populism, this popular text is the perfect reference for all students and practitioners of international organizations, global governance, and international relations.

Author : Alan C. Lamborn,Joseph Lepgold
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0131764101

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World Politics Into the 21st Century by Alan C. Lamborn,Joseph Lepgold Pdf