Table Of ContentThe Globalization of World Politics
JOHN BAYLIS STEVE SMITH PATRICIA OWENS
THE GLOBALIZATION
OF WORLD POLITICS
AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
EIGHTH EDITION
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Brief contents
Preface .............................................................................................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgements .....................................................................................................................................................xvi
New to this edition ......................................................................................................................................................xvi
How to use the learning features ..........................................................................................................................xviii
How to use the online resources ..............................................................................................................................xx
List of case studies ......................................................................................................................................................xxii
About the contributors ............................................................................................................................................xxiv
World map .................................................................................................................................................................xxviii
Part One International relations in a global era
Introduction: From international politics to world politics ..................................................................5
patricia owens · john baylis · steve smith
1 Globalization and global politics .................................................................................................................19
anthony mcgrew
Part Two The historical context
2 The rise of modern international order ....................................................................................................39
george lawson
3 International history of the twentieth century .......................................................................................54
len scott
4 From the end of the cold war to a new world dis-order? ...................................................................70
michael cox
5 Rising powers and the emerging global order ........................................................................................84
andrew hurrell
Part Three Theories of world politics
6 Liberal internationalism ..............................................................................................................................103
tim dunne
7 Marxist theories of international relations ...........................................................................................115
stephen hobden · richard wyn jones
8 Realism ..............................................................................................................................................................130
tim dunne · brian c. schmidt
9 Feminism ..........................................................................................................................................................145
helen m. kinsella
10 Postcolonial and decolonial approaches ...............................................................................................160
meera sabaratnam
11 Poststructuralism ...........................................................................................................................................177
lene hansen
12 Social constructivism ...................................................................................................................................192
michael barnett
13 International ethics .......................................................................................................................................207
richard shapcott
viii Brief contents
Part Four Structures and processes
14 War and world politics .................................................................................................................................225
tarak barkawi
15 International and global security .............................................................................................................240
john baylis
16 Global political economy ............................................................................................................................256
nicola phillips
17 Gender ..............................................................................................................................................................271
paul kirby
18 Race in world politics ...................................................................................................................................287
robbie shilliam
19 International law ...........................................................................................................................................303
christian reus-smit
20 International organizations in world politics .......................................................................................319
susan park
21 The United Nations .......................................................................................................................................334
devon e. a. curtis · paul taylor
22 NGOs in world politics .................................................................................................................................349
jutta joachim
23 Regionalism in international affairs ........................................................................................................365
edward best · thomas christiansen
Part Five International issues
24 Environmental issues ...................................................................................................................................387
john vogler
25 Refugees and forced migration .................................................................................................................404
ariadna estévez
26 Poverty, hunger, and development .........................................................................................................419
tony evans · caroline thomas
27 Global trade and global finance ...............................................................................................................435
matthew watson
28 Terrorism and globalization .......................................................................................................................449
james d. kiras
29 Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction .....................................................................................466
sheena chestnut greitens
30 Nationalism, national self-determination, and international relations ......................................481
john breuilly
31 Human rights ..................................................................................................................................................498
ratna kapur
32 Humanitarian intervention in world politics .......................................................................................514
alex j. bellamy · nicholas j. wheeler
Glossary ........................................................................................................................................................................531
References ....................................................................................................................................................................553
Index ..............................................................................................................................................................................591
Detailed contents
Preface .............................................................................................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgements .....................................................................................................................................................xvi
New to this edition ......................................................................................................................................................xvi
How to use the learning features ..........................................................................................................................xviii
How to use the online resources ..............................................................................................................................xx
List of case studies ......................................................................................................................................................xxii
About the contributors ............................................................................................................................................xxiv
World map .................................................................................................................................................................xxviii
Part One International relations in a global era
Introduction: From international politics to world politics ..................................................................5
From international politics to world politics 6
The study of International Relations 6
Theories of world politics 8
Theories and globalization 14
Globalization: myth or reality? 15
1 Globalization and global politics .................................................................................................................19
Introduction 20
Making sense of globalization 20
The crisis of globalization and the liberal world order 27
Globalization and the transformation of world politics 30
Conclusion 33
Part Two The historical context
2 The rise of modern international order ....................................................................................................39
Introduction 40
Historical international orders 40
How did modern international order emerge? 43
The consequences of the global transformation 47
Conclusion 51
3 International history of the twentieth century .......................................................................................54
Introduction 55
Modern total war 55
End of empire 58
Cold war 60
Conclusion 67
4 From the end of the cold war to a new world dis-order? ...................................................................70
Introduction 71
The United States: managing the unipolar ‘moment’ 71
After the USSR: Yeltsin to Putin 72
