World Politics : International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century (Paperback)

Part One: International Relations and Globalisation

1.  International Relations and Globalisation in the 21^st Century

   International Relations and globalisation

   Why is globalisation important for understanding International Relations?

   Technological, political, economic and cultural globalisation

   Important post-Cold War changes affecting International Relations

   Understanding globalisation

   Conclusion 

2.  International Order, International Society and Globalisation

   Fundamental aspects of International Relations following the Peace of Westphalia (1648)

   International order and international society after the cold War

   Globalisation, international order and international society

   Conclusion

Part Two: The History of Globalisation and International Relations

3.  International Relations from the early 19^th Century to World War II

   European nationalism and imperialism

   World War I and International Relations

   The League of Nations: an attempt to build an international organisation to maintain collective security

   The legacy of the League of Nations

Conclusion

4.  International Relations after World War II

   International relations after World War II

   The United Nations

   The Cold War and nuclear weapons

   The international relations of the developing countries

   Conclusion

5.  After the Cold War: International Relations in a Globalised World

   Introduction

   International relations after the Cold War: the impact of globalisation

   New World Order: more cooperation, less conflict?

   Competing norms and values in international relations after the Cold War

   Trends in post-Cold War international relations: security, ideology and development

   International Relations in the 21^st century

   Conclusions

Part Three: International Relations Theories

6.  Realism and Neo-Realism

   Context

   The ‘back-story’ to Realism

   Realism in International Relations

   Key assumptions

   Key concepts

   Conclusions and criticisms

7.  Liberalism

   Context

   The ‘back-story’ to Liberalism

   Liberalism in contemporary International Relations

   Key assumptions

   Key concepts

   Conclusions and criticisms

8.  Marxism and Neo-Marxism

   Context

   The ideas of Marx

   The ideas of Lenin

   Dependency Theory

   World Systems Theory

   Key concepts

   Conclusions and criticisms

9.  Critical Theory

   Context

   Contemporary critical theory and IR

   Key concepts

   Conclusions

10.  Alternative Approaches

   Theoretical context

   Postmodernism

   Feminism

   Green theory

   Conclusions

11.  Social Constructivism

   Social Constructivism as a bridge between the traditional theories

   Agency and culture in IR

   A Social Constructivist reappraisal of IR’s key concepts

   The empiricists strike back? Critiques of Social Constructivism

   Conclusion

Part Four: International and Regional Actors

12.  Intergovernmental Organisations

   What is an intergovernmental organisation?

   The evolution and diversity of IGOs

   IR theory and IGOs

   Conclusions

13.  Global Multi-Purpose IGOs: The United Nations and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference

   Intergovernmental organisations and globalisation

   The United Nations and international law

   The UN Charter

   The five permanent members of the UN Security Council: permanent privileges

   Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)

   The OIC: history and development 

   Conclusion: comparing the UN and the OIC

14.  Regional Organisations and Regionalisation: Theory and Practice

   Introduction

   Regional cooperation and globalisation

   Old regionalisation and new regionalisation

   The North American Free Trade Agreement

   Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

   Conclusion

15.  The European Union and the African Union

   Introduction

   The European Union

   The African Union

Conclusion

Part Five: Current Global Issues

16.  International Political Economy, Part I: Theory and History

   What is IPE?

   A short history of IPE

   Approaches to IPE

   The contemporary trading system

   The contemporary international monetary system

   Conclusions

17.  International Political Economy, Part II: Key Actors and Controversies

   The IMF and World Bank

   International trade organisations

   Multi-national corporations (MNCs)

   Theoretical perspectives on the actors of IPE

   Conclusions

18.  Development, Poverty and Inequality

   The persistence of global poverty

   Approaches to development

   The evolution of development policy

   Conclusions

19.  Gender

   Context

   Gender approaches to IR

   Gender and security

   Gender and international development

   Future developments

   Conclusions

20.  Identity and Identities

   Forms of identity

   Theorising identity

   Conclusions

21.  Democratisation

   What is democracy?

   The three waves of democratisation

   What can make democracy permanent?

   Democratisation by force – ‘nation building’

   Is democratisation important for international relations?

   Conclusions

22.  Human Rights

   The evolution of the idea of human rights

   The United Nations and the codification of human rights

   Implementing human rights

   Are human rights ‘right’?

   Conclusions

23.  The Natural Environment

   The emergence of political ecology

   The globalisation of political ecology

   Global environmental policy and human security

   Threats to a global consensus on environmental policy

   Conclusions