INDICE: Preface and Acknowledgements; Publisher's Preface; Introduction: Context and Changing Perceptions of a Globe in Flux; Re-imagining Global Politics;Understanding Globalization; The Context of Global Politics: Multi-Level Governance; Outline of the Book; Part I: International and Global Politics; 1: Making Sense of International Politics: Concepts, Theories, Approaches; Early Approaches to Understanding Inter-State Relations; Idealism/Utopianism; Realism; International Society; Liberalism; Traditional Methods and Scientific Behaviouralism; 2: Alternative Conceptions of Global Politics; Marxism; Critical Theories; 3: World Civilizations and the Origins of the International System; A Brief History: Tribes, Clans, City-States, and Empires; Other World Civilizations; The Renaissance, Westphalia, and the Evolution of the European States System; Part II: Turbulence and Change in World Order; 4: Conceptualizing Global Change and Continuity; Towards a Theory of Global Change and Continuity; Conceptualizing Discontinuity in Global Politics; Problematizing Global Change and thePersistence of Continuities; 5: Conflict, Violence, and War in Global Politics; War and Global Politics; The Changing Practice of War; Alternatives to War;From State to Human Security; 6: Global Structures: Historical and Contemporary Experiences; Global Order, Globalization, and Globalism; Empires Past and Present; 7: Changes to the Institutions of Global Order since 1945: The UN System; Brief History of the Founding of the United Nations; The Multi-faceted Goals of the UN; The UN Approach to Managing and Suppressing Conflicts; Building Sustainable Peace; Appendix 1: UN Member States and Dates of Membership; Appendix 2: Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations Maintaining Liaison Offices at United Nations Headquarters; Part III: Globalization; 8: Globalization's Impact on the State and the Inter-State System; Characteristics and Drivers of Globalization; The Political and Policy Context; Globalization and the Theory of the State in Global Politics; 9: The Globalization of Business and Business in Global Governance; Multinational Corporations Defined; Emerging Markets; The Growth of Private Power; Corporate Social Responsibility; Conclusion andFuture Directions; 10: Anti-Globalization Transnational Movements; Precursorsof Counter-Globalization Movements; Counter-Movements; 11: Resistance Movements in the Global South; The Ogoni Resistance Movement; The Chipko and Green Belt Movements; Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas; Movimento Trabalhadores Rurais Sêm Terra; The Porto Alegre World Social Forum; 12: Transnational Organized Crime; Who Are Transnational Organized Criminals?; Criminal Gangs and Covert Groups; 13: Terrorism: Understanding the Causes of Radicalism and Extremism; Terrorism as Radical Extremism; Drawing on History to Understand Extremism; Explaining Multiple Causes of Extremism Using 'Levels of Analysis'; Explanations of Extremism from the Societal Level; The
- ISBN: 978-0-19-541717-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Desconocida
- Páginas: 464
- Fecha Publicación: 06/05/2010
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