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Preface | |
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About the Authors | |
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Maps of the World | |
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Foundations | |
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Introduction to Global Politics | |
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International Relations and Global Politics | |
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Global Actors | |
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Global Issues | |
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Theories of Global Politics | |
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What Are Theories? | |
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The Rise of Realism | |
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Rival Theories | |
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Research Approaches and Levels of Analysis | |
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The Historical Approach | |
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The Social Scientific Approach: Levels of Analysis | |
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The Constructivist Approach | |
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Dimensions of Globalization | |
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Features | |
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Case Study: Global Production and the i Pod | |
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Case Study: Cell Phones, Poverty, Civil War, Okapi, and Prostitution | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: Why Should I Care? | |
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The Evolution of Global Politics | |
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The Significance of the Peace of Westphalia | |
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Revolutionary Wars | |
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World Wars: Modern and Total | |
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Legacies and Consequences of European Colonialism | |
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Cold War | |
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Onset of the Cold War | |
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Conflict, Confrontation, and Compromise | |
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The Rise and Fall of D�tente | |
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From D�tente to A Second Cold War | |
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From the End of the Cold War to the War on Terrorism | |
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Globalization: Challenging the International Order? | |
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From Superpower to Hyperpower--US Primacy | |
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Europe in the New World System | |
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Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin | |
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East Asia: Primed for Rivalry? | |
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Latin America: Becoming Global Players | |
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The War on Terrorism: From 9/11 to Iraq and Afghanistan | |
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Features | |
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Global Perspective: Perception, Continuity, and Change after January 20, 2009 | |
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Case Study: The Iraq War and Its Origins | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: Understanding and Resolving National Conflicts | |
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Theories of World Politics | |
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Realism and Liberalism | |
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What Is Realism? | |
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The Essential Realism | |
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One Realism, or Many? | |
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What Is Liberalism? | |
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Defining Liberaliscm | |
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The Essential Liberalism | |
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Neoliberalism | |
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Liberalism in Practice: Globalization | |
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Features | |
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Global Perspective: Russia and Realism | |
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Case Study: The Melian Dialogue--Realism and the Preparation for War | |
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Theory in Practice: The Prisoner's Dilemma | |
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Case Study: The Power of Ideas: Politics and Neoliberalism | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: A Summit on Global Problems | |
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Critical Approaches | |
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The Essential Marxism | |
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The Origins of World-System Theory | |
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The Key Features of Wallerstein's World-System Theory | |
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Third-World Socialists | |
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Feminist Theory | |
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Constructivism | |
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Features | |
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Global Perspective: What Makes a Theory "Critical?" | |
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Case Study: Sexual Violence | |
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Theory in Practice: Gendered Perspective on Human Rights: the Worst Places in the World to be Born a Woman | |
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Theory in Practice: Jane Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: Meeting of the Minds | |
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Global Actors | |
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Making Foreign Policy | |
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What Is Foreign Policy? | |
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States, Nationalism, and National Interests | |
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Foreign Policy from Different Perspectives | |
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Who Makes Foreign Policy? | |
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What Do We Expect from Foreign Policy? | |
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Levels of Analysis in Foreign Policy | |
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Individual, or the Human Dimension | |
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Domestic Sources, or National Attributes | |
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Systemic Factors | |
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Global Factors | |
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The Foreign Policy Process | |
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Phase One: Initiation or Articulation Phase | |
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Phase Two: The Formulation of Foreign Policy | |
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Phase Three: Foreign Policy Implementation | |
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Phase Four: Foreign Policy Evaluation | |
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Foreign Policy Strategies and Tools | |
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Sticks: Military and Economic Tools | |
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Carrots: Foreign Assistance | |
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Sermons: Diplomatic Messaging and the Use of the Media | |
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Soft and Hard Power in Foreign Policy | |
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Foreign Policy Styles and Traditions | |
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Great Powers, Middle Powers, and Small States | |
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Great-Power Foreign Policy | |
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Middle-Power Foreign Policy | |
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Small-State Foreign Policy | |
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Features | |
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Case Study: Refugees | |
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Global Perspective: Central America: A Perpetual Pursuit of Union? | |
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Theory in Practice: The Impact of Globalization on Different Kinds of States | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: Designing a New World Order | |
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Global and Regional Governance | |
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International Law | |
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International Order and Institutions | |
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Criticisms of International Law | |
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From International to Supranational Law? | |
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The United Nations | |
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A Brief History of the United Nations and Its Principal Organs | |
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The Security Council | |
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The General Assembly | |
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The Secretariat | |
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The Economic and Social Council | |
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The Trusteeship Council | |
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The International Court of Justice | |
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Maintenance of International Peace and Security | |
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Increased Attention to Conditions within States | |
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Intervention within States | |
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Economic and Social Questions | |
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The Reform Process of the United Nations | |
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Country Level | |
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Headquarters Level | |
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The EU and Other Regional Organizations | |
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The Process of European Integration | |
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Other Regional Actors: The African Union and the Organization of American States | |
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Features | |
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Theory in Practice: Why Some Realists Have Concerns About the UN | |
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Case Study: The 2003 Intervention in Iraq | |
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Global Perspective: The UN and Environmental Protection | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: Who Could Help Tomorrow? Twenty Global Problems and Global Issues Networks | |
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Global Civil Society Actors | |
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Problems with the State-centric Approach | |
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NGOs as Political Actors | |
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Types of NGOs | |
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Types of Interests NGOs | |
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Business International NGOs (BINGOs) | |
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Religious International NGOs (RINGOs) | |
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Other Nonstate Global Actors | |
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Transnational Social Movements | |
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Terrorist Organizations/Networks | |
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Multinational Corporations/Transnational Banks | |
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Think Tanks and Research Centers | |
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Foundations | |
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Critical Individuals | |
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International Organizations as Structures of Global Politics | |
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Features | |
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Case Study: The Baby Milk Advocacy Network | |
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Global Perspective: NGOs and Protecting the Rights of Children | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: Who Could Help Tomorrow? Twenty Global Problems and Global Issues Networks | |
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Global Issues | |
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International Security and Military Power | |
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What Is "Security"? | |
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The Mainstream Approaches to National Security | |
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Realist Views on Security | |
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Key Structural-Realist Assumptions | |
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Liberal Institutionalists on Global Security | |
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Alternative Views on Global Security | |
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Constructivist Theory and War | |
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Critical Security Studies: Feminism | |
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Marxist and Radical Liberal, or Utopian, Views on Security | |
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The Changing Character of War | |
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The Nature of War | |
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The Revolution in Military Affairs | |
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Postmodern War | |
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Globalization and New Wars | |
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New Roles for NATO? | |
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Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation | |
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The Zero Movement | |
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Proliferation Optimism and Pessimism | |
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Nature of Nuclear Weapons | |
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Nuclear Weapons Effects | |
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Nuclear Defense | |
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Theorizing Nuclear Proliferation | |
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Nuclear Motivations | |
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Nuclear Capabilities and Intentions | |
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Post-Cold War Antiproliferation Efforts | |
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Features | |
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Global Perspective: The Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
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Theory in Practice: Re-imaging War | |
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Case Study: Asymmetric Conflict: The US and Iraq, 2003-2011 | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: Perspectives on the Arms Race | |
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Terrorism and Globalization | |
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Defining Terrorism | |
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Terrorism: From Domestic to Global Phenomena (1968-2001) | |
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The Impact of Globalization on Terrorism | |
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Cultural Explanations | |
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Economic Explanations | |
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Religion and "New" Terrorism | |
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Globalization, Technology, and Terrorism | |
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Proselytizing | |
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Coordination | |
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Security | |
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Mobility | |
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Lethality | |
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Combating Terrorism | |
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The Death of Bin Laden and the End of the War on Terrorism? | |
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Features | |
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Global Perspective: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Fighting Terrorism in the Former Communist Bloc | |
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Theory in Practice: The Realist-Theory Perspective and the War on Terror | |
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Case Study: Cyberterrorism | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: [TBD] | |
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Human Rights and Human Security | |
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What Are Human Rights? | |
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Human Rights and State Sovereignty | |
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What Is Human Security? | |
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History of Humanitarian Challenges | |
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1948 and the Modern Agenda | |
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The 1990s: A Golden Era of Humanitarian Activism? | |
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Universalism Challenged | |
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Humanitarian Dimensions | |
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Political and Economic Rights | |
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Conflict, Human Rights, and Human Security | |
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Resources and Intervention | |
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Women, Conflict, and Human Security | |
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The Role of the International Community | |
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Features | |
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Case Study: Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia | |
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Global Perspective: Asian Values | |
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Theory in Practice: Gendered Perspective on Human Rights | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: What Should be Done? National Interests versus Human Interests | |
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International Political Economy in an Age of Globalization | |
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The Postwar World Economy | |
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Traditional Approaches to IPE: Liberal, Mercantilist, and Marxist | |
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The Liberal Tradition | |
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The Mercantilist Tradition | |
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The Marxist Tradition | |
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New Approaches to IPE | |
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Political Economy: The Application of Rational Choice to Groups Within the State | |
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Institutionalism: The Application of Rational Choice to States | |
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Constructivism | |
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The Globalization Debate in IPE | |
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Is Globalization Diminishing the Role of the State in the World Economy? | |
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The Global Skeptics | |
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New Constraints on States | |
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International Institutions in the Globalizing World-Economy | |
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Features | |
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Global Perspective: The Bretton Woods Institutions and the Global South | |
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Case Study: Microcredit: Empowering Women Through Investment | |
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Theory in Practice: [TBD] | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: [TBD] | |
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Global Trade and Finance | |
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Global Trade and Finance Actors | |
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A Globalizing Economy | |
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Cross-Border Transactions | |
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Open-Border Transactions | |
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Transborder Transactions | |
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Global Trade | |
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Transborder Production | |
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Transborder Products | |
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Global Finance | |
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Transplanetary Money | |
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Transplanetary Banking | |
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Transplanetary Securities | |
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Transplanetary Derivatives | |
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Continuity and Change in Economic Globalization | |
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Irregular Incidence | |
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The Persistence of Territory | |
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The Survival of the State | |
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The Continuance of Nationalism and Cultural Diversity Features | |
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Global Perspective: NAFTA and Mexico | |
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Case Study: Southern Debt in Global Finance | |
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Theory in Practice: What Course to Follow Out of the 2008 Global Recession? | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: The Possibilities of Cooperation: The Global Commons Challenge | |
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Poverty, Development, and Hunger Poverty Development | |
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Post-1945 International Economic Liberalism and the Orthodox Development Model | |
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The Post-1945 International Economic Order: Results | |
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Economic Development: Orthodox and Alternative Evaluations Hunger | |
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The Orthodox, Nature-Focused Explanation of Hunger | |
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The Entitlement, Society-Focused Explanation of Hunger | |
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Globalization and Hunger Features | |
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Theory in Practice: The Terms of Development | |
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Case Study 1: Ideas and Development in the Contemporary Coffee-Producing Sector | |
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Global Perspective: Life in Zimbabwe: Poverty, Hunger, Development, and Politics | |
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Case Study 2: Haiti: Poverty and Hunger | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: Development Assistance as Foreign Policy Statecraft | |
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Environmental Issues | |
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Environmental Issues on the International Agenda: A Brief History | |
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The Environment and International Relations Theory | |
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The Functions of International Environmental Cooperation | |
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Transboundary Trade and Pollution Control | |
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Norm Creation | |
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Capacity Building | |
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Scientific Understanding | |
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Governing the Commons | |
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Environmental Regimes | |
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Climate Change Features | |
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Global Perspective: "The Doomsday" Seed Vault | |
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Theory in Practice: Regime Theory and the Montreal Protocol | |
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Case Study: Common But Differentiated Responsibilities? | |
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Thinking about Global Politics: The Environment: Images and Options | |
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Thematic Maps | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |