Kegley, Charles W.

The global future : a brief introduction to world politics / Charles W. Kegley, Jr., Gregory A. Raymond. - Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2005. - xxi, 356, 8, 12, 11 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Accompanying CD-ROM titled: International relations interactive.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I Trend and transformation in world politics: 1. Exploring twenty-first-century world politics - 2. Theories of world politics -- Part II: The actors in world politics: 3. Foreign policy decision making - 4. Great-power rivalry and the lure of Hegemony - 5. Rich and porr in world politics - 6. Nonstate actors and the challenge of global governance -- Part III The Politics of global security: 7. Armed conflict in the twenty-first century - 8. Military power and national security in a turbulent world - 9. Realist paths to peace - 10. Liberal paths to peace -- Part IV The politics of global welfare: 11. The globalization of world politics - 12. Markets and money in a global political economy - 13. Human rights and the quest for global justice - 144. Population growth, resource scarcity, and the preservation of the global environment.

053453693X (pbk.)


International relations.
World politics--1989-
Globalization.

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