World Politics (Paperback)

PART I: ANALYZING WORLD POLITICS.

1. World Politics: Levels of Analysis, Choice, and Constraint.
2. Thinking about World Politics: Theory and Reality.
3. International Actors: States and Other Players on the World Stage.
4. The World System: International Structure and Polarity.
5. Relations Between States: Power and Influence.
6. Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy: Society and Polity.
7. Individuals and World Politics: Roles, Perceptions, and Decision Making.


PART II: INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION.

8. Military Conflict: Why States and Other Actors Resort to Force.
9. The Security Dilemma: Armament and Disarmament.
10. International Law and Organization.
11. Causes of Peace and Nonviolent Transformation.


PART III: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY.

12. Political Economy of National Security and Defense.
13. Interdependence and Economic Order.
14. Regional Economic Integration and Globalization.
15. Development and Underdevelopment: the North-South Gap.


PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM.

16. Limits of Sovereignty: Humanity and the Commons.
17. Which Global Future?





Bruce Russett - Yale University

Harvey Starr - University of South Carolina

David Kinsella - Portland State University