Global politics /
Andrew Heywood.
- xxiii, 560 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 25 cm.
- Palgrave foundations .
- Palgrave foundations. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 524-540) and index.
Introducing global politics -- Historical context: -- Theories of global politics -- The economy in a global age -- The state and foreign policy in a global age -- Society in a global age -- The nation in a global age -- Identity, culture and challenges to the west -- Power and twenty-first century world order -- War and peace -- Nuclear proliferation and disarmament -- Terrorism -- Human rights and humanitarian intervention -- International law -- Poverty and development -- Global environmental issues -- Gender in global politics -- International organization and the United Nations -- Global governance and the Bretton Woods system -- Regionalism and global politics -- Global futures.
"This book is a major new introduction to international relations/global politics. Written by a leading textbook author, it is engaging, stimulating and forward-looking, covering all the topics and theory students require at an introductory level"--