TY - BOOK AU - Heywood,Andrew TI - Global politics T2 - Palgrave foundations SN - 1403989826 AV - JZ1310 .H49 2011 U1 - 327 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - International relations KW - World politics N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -