The Global Political System By Attina, Fulvio / Groom, Antoinette (TRN) / Groom, A. J. R. (TRN) Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Published Date : 2011/02 Binding : Paperback ISBN : 9781403995872 BookWeb Price : THB 1,607.00 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : THB 1,446.00 Availability Status : Our fulfillment centre has the item in stock. Usually dispatches within 3 working days. Language : English

 
        List of Figures                            ix
Acknowledgements                                   x
        List of Abbreviations                      xi
Introduction                                       xiii
    1 From International Relations to Global       1   (11)
    Politics: the Challenge
      Understanding a smaller and more             2   (3)
      complicated world
      From a realist base to a theoretical         5   (7)
      pluralism
    2 Politics as Conflict in an Asymmetric        12  (26)
    World
      Theoretical and methodological paradigms     13  (5)
      Theories of politics as conflict             18  (20)
    3 Politics as Cooperation in a World of        38  (18)
    Equals
      Theories of politics as cooperation          40  (14)
      Concluding remarks                           54  (2)
    4 Global Institutions and Government           56  (14)
      Global political institutions                56  (4)
      Organizational institutions                  60  (4)
      Hegemony or leadership in the                64  (6)
      governmental structure
    5 Global Political Change                      70  (14)
      Long-term analysis: the evolution of         72  (8)
      global political institutions
      Short-term analysis: cleavages,              80  (4)
      coalitions and competitions
    6 Contemporary Global Politics                 84  (17)
      The first phase US leadership and the        85  (8)
      Soviet challenge
      The second phase The destabilization of      93  (8)
      the world governmental structure
    7 Reorganizing the State                       101 (13)
      Global economic integration                  101 (3)
      Relations between cultures                   104 (2)
      The reorganization of states                 106 (2)
      The European case                            108 (6)
    8 Changing International Security              114 (27)
      The security of states as a public good      115 (4)
      Security cooperation                         119 (18)
      Global terrorism                             137 (4)
    9 The New Global Policies                      141 (34)
      Environmental policy                         142 (6)
      Migration policy                             148 (5)
      Human rights policy and democracy            153 (8)
      The control of transnational organized       161 (8)
      crime
      Health protection policy                     169 (5)
      Conclusions                                  174 (1)
Conclusions                                        175 (6)
References                                         181 (16)
Index                                              197