{"product_id":"globalpolitics-9780745607566","title":"globalpolitics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis innovative new text is derived from a highly successful Open University course of the same title. It takes as a dominant theme the contested issue of a globalizationa  (the apparent intensification of global patterns of inter--dependence) and its implications for the autonomy of the modern nation--state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Consistently well-written and accessible, as well as being sophisticated ... highly recommended for undergraduate students, MA teachers, and interested lay readers.' \u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘This is an excellent volume. The authors have gone to considerable length to impose a clear structure on a most wide-ranging and complex set of materials. The result is one of the most innovative and useful volumes published on global politics in recent years. It is a judicious mix of empirical coverage and theoretical sophistication, making it a truly well-integrated textbook. It will be widely appreciated by all those who teach and study international relations. – \u003ci\u003eSteve Smith, Professor of International Relations, University of East Anglia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘… highly recommended for students and teachers, and also for interested lay readers.’ – \u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Conceptualizing Global Politics: Anthony G. McGrew.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Superpower Rivalry and Global Political Competition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Superpower Rivalry and the End of the 'Cold War': Paul G. Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Superpowers and Regional Conflict: David Potter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Superpower Rivalry and US Hegemony in Central America: Anthony G. McGrew.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Technology and Global Integration.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Military Technology and the Dynamics of Global Militarization: Anthony G. McGrew.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Regimes and the Global Commons: John Vogler.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Global Technologies and Political Change in Eastern Europe: Nigel Swain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: A Global Economy?\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The International Economic Order between the Wars: Richard Bessel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Nature and Government of the Global Economy: Jeremy Mitchell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Economic Autonomy and the Advanced Industrial State: Grahame Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Autonomy of `Third World' states within the Global Economy: David Potter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Conceptualizing the Global Economy: Roger Tooze.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Modernity, Globalization and the Nation-State.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Modernization, Globalization and the Nation-State: Michael Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Modernity and Universal Human Rights: John Vincent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Islam as a Global Political Force: Brian Beeley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Global Politics in a Transitional Era: Anthony G. McGrew.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404336341335,"sku":"9780745607566","price":31.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745607566.jpg?v=1730486141","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/globalpolitics-9780745607566","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}