This text is an introduction to international politics. With a new co-author, the sixth edition offers a significant reorganization to better reflect a more traditional sequence and selection topics, but maintains the scholarship and analysis framework of the five previous editions.
Contents:PART 1: ANALYZING WORLD POLITICS
World Politics: Levels of Analysis, Choice and Constraint
Thinking about World Politics: Theory and Reality
International Actors: States and Other Players on the World Stage
The World System: International Structure and Polarity
Relations Between States: Power and Influence
Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy: Society and Polity
Individuals and World Politics: Roles, Perceptions and Decision Making
PART 2: INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION
Military Conflict: Why States and Other Actors Resort to Force
The Security Dilemma: Armament and Disarmament
International Law and Organization
Causes of Peace and Nonviolent Transformation
PART 3: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Political Economy of National Security and Defense
Interdependence and Economic Order
Regional Economic Integration and Globalization
Development and Underdevelopment: The North-South Gap
PART 4: CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Limits of Sovereignty: Humanity and the Commons
Conclusion: Which Global Future?