Global Horizons An Introduction to International Relations

Name: Global Horizons An Introduction to International Relations
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ISBN: 9781442600928

ISBN-10: 1442600926

ISBN-13: 9781442600928

Edition: 3rd 2009

Authors: Hendrik Spruyt

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In the current era we have the ability to wage global war, interact economically and culturally with any part of the world, and communicate with each other in real time. Our horizons are now global. Time and space have contracted. This text takes the change in our horizons as a key feature of modern international relations, examining how international politics and the relations between nations and states have become global politics.Rather than survey a large array of issues and theories, Hendrik Spruyt provides students with particular "tools of the trade" and with different perspectives to understand given empirical puzzles. Each section of the book discusses key theories that might be…

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List price: $51.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 3/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.04" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Preface


Introduction The Dawn of the Global Event Horizon



International Security



Tools of the Trade (1): Understanding War and Peace from Three Perspectives



Tools of the Trade (2): Game Theory



World War I



The Cold War and After



The American Invasion of Iraq in 2003


Resources



The Global Economy



Tools of the Trade: Comparative Case Strategy and Hegemonic Stability Theory



Three Views of Economics and Politics



Paradigmatic Legacies: Variations in Capitalism



The International Economic Order and the Question of Convergence


Resources



Global Challenges: Energy and the Environment



Tools of the Trade: Common Pool Resources and Imperfect Markets



The Politics of Energy



Global Warming and Ozone Depletion


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Bibliography


Index