Global Politics

Table of contents

- Cover (Page 1)
- Contents (Page 10)
- List of Illustrative Material (Page 15)
- Preface (Page 20)
- Acknowledgements (Page 23)
- 1 Introducing Global Politics (Page 26)
- WHAT IS GLOBAL POLITICS? (Page 27)
- What's in a name? (Page 27)
- From international politics to global politics (Page 28)
- Globalization and its implications (Page 34)
- LENSES ON GLOBAL POLITICS (Page 38)
- Mainstream perspectives (Page 38)
- Critical perspectives (Page 40)
- CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN GLOBAL POLITICS (Page 42)
- Power (Page 42)
- Security (Page 44)
- Justice (Page 46)
- USING THIS BOOK (Page 46)
- 2 Historical Context (Page 50)
- MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD (Page 51)
- From ancient to modern (Page 51)
- Rise of the West (Page 52)
- Age of imperialism (Page 53)
- THE 'SHORT' TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1914–90 (Page 54)
- Origins of World War I (Page 54)
- Road to World War II (Page 57)
- End of Empires (Page 61)
- Rise and fall of the Cold War (Page 63)
- THE WORLD SINCE 1990 (Page 69)
- A 'new world order'? (Page 69)
- 9/11 and the 'war on terror' (Page 70)
- Shifting balances within the global economy (Page 75)
- 3 Theories of Global Politics (Page 78)
- MAINSTREAM PERSPECTIVES (Page 79)
- Realism (Page 79)
- Liberalism (Page 86)
- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES (Page 92)
- Marxism, neo-Marxism and critical theory (Page 92)
- Social constructivism (Page 96)
- Poststructuralism (Page 98)
- Feminism (Page 99)
- Green politics (Page 100)
- Postcolonialism (Page 101)
- THINKING GLOBALLY (Page 102)
- Challenge of interconnectedness (Page 102)
- Cosmopolitanism (Page 104)
- Paradigms: enlightening or constraining? (Page 106)
- 4 The Economy in a Global Age (Page 108)
- CAPITALISM AND NEOLIBERALISM (Page 109)
- Capitalisms of the world (Page 109)
- Triumph of neoliberalism (Page 115)
- Implications of neoliberalism (Page 116)
- ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION (Page 118)
- Causes of economic globalization (Page 118)
- How globalized is economic life? (Page 121)
- GLOBAL CAPITALISM IN CRISIS (Page 125)
- Explaining booms and slumps (Page 125)
- Lessons of the Great Crash (Page 128)
- Modern crises and 'contagions' (Page 129)
- 5 The State and Foreign Policy in a Global Age (Page 136)
- STATES AND STATEHOOD IN FLUX (Page 137)
- States and sovereignty (Page 137)
- The state and globalization (Page 139)
- State transformation (Page 143)
- Return of the state (Page 146)
- NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE (Page 148)
- From government to governance (Page 148)
- Multi-level governance (Page 151)
- FOREIGN POLICY (Page 153)
- End of foreign policy? (Page 153)
- How decisions are made (Page 154)
- 6 Society in a Global Age (Page 161)
- SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS: THICK TO THIN? (Page 162)
- From industrialization to post-industrialism (Page 162)
- New technology and 'information society' (Page 163)
- Risk, uncertainty and insecurity (Page 166)
- GLOBALIZATION, CONSUMERISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL (Page 170)
- Social and cultural implications of globalization (Page 170)
- Consumerism goes global (Page 171)
- Rise of individualism (Page 172)
- GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY (Page 175)
- Explaining global civil society (Page 175)
- Transnational social movements and NGOs (Page 177)
- Globalization from below? (Page 180)
- 7 The Nation in a Global Age (Page 182)
- NATIONALISM AND WORLD POLITICS (Page 183)
- Making sense of nationalism (Page 183)
- A world of nation-states (Page 186)
- Nationalism, war and conflict (Page 190)
- NATIONS IN A GLOBAL WORLD (Page 191)
- A world on the move (Page 193)
- Transnational communities and diasporas (Page 196)
- Hybridity and multiculturalism (Page 198)
- NATIONALISM REVIVED (Page 200)
- National self-assertion in the post-Cold War period (Page 200)
- Rise of cultural and ethnic nationalism (Page 203)
- Anti-globalization nationalism (Page 204)
- 8 Identity, Culture and Challenges to the West (Page 206)
- RISE OF IDENTITY POLITICS (Page 207)
- Westernization as modernization (Page 207)
- Politics of collective identity (Page 208)
- Is cultural conflict inevitable? (Page 212)
- RELIGIOUS REVIVALISM (Page 214)
- Religion and politics (Page 214)
- The fundamentalist upsurge (Page 217)
- CHALLENGES TO THE WEST (Page 219)
- Postcolonialism (Page 219)
- Asian values (Page 220)
- Islam and the West (Page 222)
- Nature of political Islam (Page 222)
- The West and the 'Muslim question' (Page 230)
- 9 Power and Twenty-first Century World Order (Page 234)
- POWER AND GLOBAL POLITICS (Page 235)
- Power as capability (Page 235)
- Relational power and structural power (Page 236)
- Changing nature of power (Page 238)
- POST-COLD WAR GLOBAL ORDER (Page 241)
- End of Cold War bipolarity (Page 241)
- The 'new world order' and its fate (Page 242)
- US HEGEMONY AND GLOBAL ORDER (Page 245)
- Rise to hegemony (Page 245)
- The 'war on terror' and beyond (Page 247)
- Benevolent or malign hegemony? (Page 251)
- A MULTIPOLAR GLOBAL ORDER? (Page 253)
- Rise of multipolarity (Page 253)
- Multipolar order or disorder? (Page 259)
- 10 War and Peace (Page 264)
- NATURE OF WAR (Page 265)
- Types of war (Page 265)
- Why do wars occur? (Page 266)
- War as a continuation of politics (Page 268)
- CHANGING FACE OF WAR (Page 270)
- From 'old' wars to 'new' wars? (Page 270)
- 'Postmodern' warfare (Page 276)
- JUSTIFYING WAR (Page 279)
- Realpolitik (Page 279)
- Just war theory (Page 281)
- Pacifism (Page 285)
- 11 Nuclear Proliferation and Disarmament (Page 288)
- NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION (Page 289)
- Nature of nuclear weapons (Page 289)
- Proliferation during the Cold War (Page 291)
- Proliferation in the post-Cold War era (Page 292)
- NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT (Page 298)
- Arms control and anti-proliferation strategies (Page 298)
- A world free of nuclear weapons? (Page 303)
- 12 Terrorism (Page 307)
- UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM (Page 308)
- Defining terrorism (Page 308)
- Rise of 'new' terrorism (Page 310)
- SIGNIFICANCE OF TERRORISM (Page 314)
- Terrorism goes global? (Page 314)
- Catastrophic terrorism? (Page 316)
- COUNTERING TERRORISM (Page 321)
- Strengthening sate security (Page 321)
- Military repression (Page 323)
- Political deals (Page 325)
- 13 Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention (Page 328)
- HUMAN RIGHTS (Page 329)
- Defining human rights (Page 329)
- Protecting human rights (Page 334)
- Challenging human rights (Page 341)
- HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION (Page 343)
- Rise of humanitarian intervention (Page 343)
- Conditions for humanitarian intervention (Page 349)
- Does humanitarian intervention work? (Page 352)
- 14 International Law (Page 356)
- NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (Page 357)
- What is law? (Page 357)
- Sources of international law (Page 359)
- Why is international law obeyed? (Page 362)
- INTERNATIONAL LAW IN FLUX (Page 364)
- From international law to world law? (Page 364)
- Developments in the laws of war (Page 369)
- International tribunals and the International Criminal Court (Page 371)
- 15 Poverty and Development (Page 377)
- UNDERSTANDING POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT (Page 378)
- Defining and measuring poverty (Page 378)
- Development: competing visions (Page 380)
- A MORE UNEQUAL WORLD? (Page 385)
- Making sense of global inequality (Page 385)
- Contours of global inequality (Page 388)
- Globalization, poverty and inequality (Page 390)
- Does global inequality matter? (Page 393)
- DEVELOPMENT AND THE POLITICS OF AID (Page 394)
- Structural adjustment programmes and beyond (Page 394)
- International aid and the development ethic (Page 397)
- Debt relief and fair trade (Page 403)
- 16 Global Environmental Issues (Page 408)
- THE RISE OF GREEN POLITICS (Page 409)
- The environment as a global issue (Page 409)
- Green politics: reformism or radicalism? (Page 411)
- CLIMATE CHANGE (Page 416)
- Causes of climate change (Page 417)
- Consequences of climate change (Page 420)
- How should climate change be tackled? (Page 424)
- Why is international cooperation so difficult to achieve? (Page 427)
- RESOURCE SECURITY (Page 432)
- Resources, power and prosperity (Page 433)
- 17 Gender in Global Politics (Page 437)
- FEMINISM, GENDER AND GLOBAL POLITICS (Page 438)
- Varieties of feminism (Page 438)
- 'Gender lenses' on global politics (Page 441)
- GENDERING GLOBAL POLITICS (Page 443)
- Gendered states and gendered nations (Page 443)
- Gendering security, war and armed conflict (Page 447)
- Gender, globalization and development (Page 451)
- 18 International Organization and the United Nations (Page 457)
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION (Page 458)
- Rise of international organization (Page 458)
- Why are international organizations created (Page 459)
- THE UNITED NATIONS (Page 460)
- From the League to the UN (Page 460)
- Promoting peace and security (Page 465)
- Does UN peacekeeping work? (Page 470)
- Promoting economic and social development (Page 471)
- Future of the UN: challenges and reform (Page 473)
- 19 Global Governance and the Bretton Woods System (Page 479)
- GLOBAL GOVERNANCE? (Page 480)
- What global governance is, and is not (Page 480)
- Global governance: myth or reality? (Page 484)
- GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM (Page 484)
- Making of the Bretton Woods system (Page 485)
- Fate of the Bretton Woods system (Page 489)
- EVALUATING GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE (Page 490)
- The International Monetary Fund (Page 490)
- The World Bank (Page 493)
- The World Trade Organization (Page 495)
- REFORMING THE BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM (Page 498)
- Global economic governance and the 2007–09 crisis (Page 498)
- Obstacles to reform (Page 501)
- 20 Regionalism and Global Politics (Page 505)
- REGIONS AND REGIONALISM (Page 506)
- Nature of regionalism (Page 506)
- Why regionalism? (Page 509)
- Regionalism and globalization (Page 512)
- Regional integration outside Europe (Page 514)
- EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (Page 519)
- What is the EU? (Page 520)
- The EU and the world (Page 525)
- The EU in crisis? (Page 526)
- 21 Global Futures (Page 532)
- IMAGES AND REALITY (Page 533)
- CONTENDING IMAGES OF THE GLOBAL FUTURE (Page 534)
- A borderless world? (Page 534)
- A world of democracies? (Page 537)
- Civilizations in conflict? (Page 538)
- A Chinese century? (Page 539)
- The growth of international community? (Page 541)
- The rise of the global South? (Page 543)
- The coming environmental catastrophe? (Page 544)
- Towards cosmopolitan democracy? (Page 545)
- AN UNKNOWABLE FUTURE? (Page 546)
- Bibliography (Page 549)
- Index (Page 566)