International Politics : Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues
by Art, Robert J.; Jervis, RobertEdition: 10th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-02-17
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary
Up>International Politics places contemporary essays alongside classics to survey the fieldrs"s diverse voices, concepts, and issues. Challenging the reader to use original scholarship to recognize and analyze patterns in world politics, this bestselling reader considers how to effectively understand politics under governments and beyond. Carefully edited selections cover the most essential topics and are put into conversation with each other to illustrate fundamental debates and differing points of view. Comprehensive and engaging,International Politicsoffers the best overview of the discipline as well as the forces shaping the world today.
Author Biography
Robert J. Art is Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations at Brandeis University, Research Associate at Harvard University's Olin Institute of Strategic Studies, Senior Fellow in M.I.T's Security Studies Program, and Director of M.I.T.'s Seminar XXI Program. In 2006, he was recognized with the Distinguished Scholar Award by the International Studies Association.
Robert Jervis is Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University; he is a former President of the American Political Science Association.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. x |
| Anarchy and Its Consequences | p. 1 |
| Power and principle in statecraft | p. 9 |
| The Melian Dialogue | p. 9 |
| Six Principles of Political Realism | p. 16 |
| A Critique of Morgenthau's Principles of Political Realism | p. 24 |
| The Consequences of Anarchy | p. 37 |
| The Anarchic Structure of World Politics | p. 37 |
| Anarchy and the Struggle for Power | p. 59 |
| Anarchy Is What States Make of It | p. 70 |
| The Mitigation of Anarchy | p. 79 |
| The Conditions for Cooperation in World Politics | p. 79 |
| Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma | p. 93 |
| Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs | p. 114 |
| Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning | p. 127 |
| The Future of Diplomacy | p. 135 |
| The Uses and Limits of International Law | p. 145 |
| International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work? | p. 150 |
| The Uses of Force | p. 159 |
| The Political Uses of Force | p. 163 |
| The Four Functions of Force | p. 163 |
| The Diplomacy of Violence | p. 171 |
| What is Terrorism? | p. 185 |
| The Political Utility of Force Today | p. 196 |
| The Fungibility of Force | p. 196 |
| The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism | p. 213 |
| New and Old Wars | p. 231 |
| Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Spread | p. 238 |
| Getting Ready for a Nuclear-Ready Iran | p. 238 |
| A Nuclear-Armed Iran: A Difficult but Not Impossible Policy Problem | p. 242 |
| International Political Economy and Globalization | p. 259 |
| Perspectives on Political Economy | p. 265 |
| The Nature of Political Economy | p. 265 |
| The Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policies | p. 282 |
| The Great Divide in the Global Village | p. 292 |
| The Nature of Globalization | p. 305 |
| Globalization of the Economy | p. 305 |
| Why the World Isn't Flat | p. 322 |
| Offshoring: The Next Industrial Revolution? | p. 328 |
| Critics of Globalization | p. 339 |
| Trading in Illusions | p. 339 |
| Why the Globalization Backlash Is Stupid | p. 348 |
| Financial Regime Change? | p. 355 |
| Contemporary Issues in World Politics | p. 367 |
| Interstate War and Terrorism | p. 373 |
| The Era of Leading Power Peace | p. 373 |
| The United States and the Rise of China | p. 390 |
| Ending Terrorism | p. 398 |
| Civil Wars and Intervention | p. 412 |
| Humanitarian Intervention | p. 412 |
| Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars | p. 424 |
| Deconstructing Nation Building | p. 445 |
| Human Rights and International Law | p. 450 |
| Human Rights in World Politics | p. 450 |
| Reflections on Intervention | p. 463 |
| International Law: The Trials of Global Norms | p. 469 |
| Transnational Actors | p. 475 |
| Transnational Activist Networks | p. 475 |
| NGOs: Fighting Poverty, Hurting the Poor | p. 482 |
| Transnational Organized Crime and the State | p. 489 |
| The Global Commons | p. 502 |
| The Tragedy of the Commons | p. 502 |
| Tyranny for the Commons Man | p. 508 |
| International Cooperation on Climate Change: Numbers, Interests, and Institutions | p. 515 |
| Global Governance | p. 524 |
| The United Nations and International Security | p. 524 |
| Globalization and Governance | p. 533 |
| Rising Powers and Global Institutions | p. 545 |
| Minilateralism | p. 552 |
| Government Networks and Global Governance | p. 554 |
| Future Developments | p. 564 |
| Global Trends 2025 The U.S. National Intelligence Council | p. 564 |
| Emerging Multipolarity: Why Should We Care? | p. 572 |
| The Return of Histor | p. 577 |
| A Demographic Map of Our Geopolitical Future | p. 588 |
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