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The global future : a brief introduction to world politics / Charles W. Kegley, Jr., Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Gregory A. Raymond, Boise State University.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, MA : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1133608485
  • 9781133608486
  • 1285060237
  • 9781285060231
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 327.1 23
LOC classification:
  • JZ1242 .K42 2014
Contents:
Pt. I. The foundations of world politics : -- Analyzing world politics -- Theories of world politics -- The historical setting of contemporary world politics -- Pt. II. The actors in world politics : -- States and foreign policy decision making -- Global and regional intergovernmental organizations -- Nongovernmental organizations, multinational corporations, and other nonstate actors -- Pt. III. The politics of global security : -- Patterns of armed conflict -- Military power and the use of force -- International law and human rights -- Pt. IV. The politics of global welfare : -- The globalization of trade and finance -- The political economy of global poverty and inequality -- Global ecological trends and the transformation of world politics.
Summary: This textbook helps you understand contemporary events and emerging global trends. Every chapter contains thought provoking case studies, box inserts with rival views on current controversies, a marginal glossary, as well as vivid graphs, maps, and photographs.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. The foundations of world politics : -- Analyzing world politics -- Theories of world politics -- The historical setting of contemporary world politics -- Pt. II. The actors in world politics : -- States and foreign policy decision making -- Global and regional intergovernmental organizations -- Nongovernmental organizations, multinational corporations, and other nonstate actors -- Pt. III. The politics of global security : -- Patterns of armed conflict -- Military power and the use of force -- International law and human rights -- Pt. IV. The politics of global welfare : -- The globalization of trade and finance -- The political economy of global poverty and inequality -- Global ecological trends and the transformation of world politics.

This textbook helps you understand contemporary events and emerging global trends. Every chapter contains thought provoking case studies, box inserts with rival views on current controversies, a marginal glossary, as well as vivid graphs, maps, and photographs.

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