{"product_id":"international-studies-9781071814390","title":"International Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe challenge of teaching international studies is to help students think coherently about the multiple causes and effects of global problems. In \u003cstrong\u003eInternational Studies: Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions\u003c\/strong\u003e, award-winning scholars Scott Straus and Barry Driscoll introduce students to the foundations of the course; the major actors, institutions and theories; as well as the contemporary problems that will matter most to students. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  In the fully updated \u003cstrong\u003eSecond Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, the authors give students a clear framework that pinpoints how key factorsforces, interactions, and tensionscontribute to current world events and global problems like human rights abuses, economic inequality, pandemic and global health responses, and food security. The book raises the bar for the Introduction to International Studies course and is relevant to students from a wide variety of backgrounds with diverse interests in geography, sociology, political science, a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS PART I FOUNDATIONS CHAPTER 1. Global Interactions and Global Tensions    A FRAMEWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES    GLOBAL INTERACTIONS    GLOBAL TENSIONS    AN INSIDE-OUT\/OUTSIDE-IN APPROACH    GLOBAL FORCES    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 2. The Making of Our Global Age: Forces, Interactions, and Tensions Since 1800    THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE: INCREASING GLOBAL INTERACTIONS    BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND GLOBAL AGES: WARS, HOT AND COLD, AND NEW INTERACTIONS    THE SECOND GLOBAL AGE: AN EXPLOSION OF GLOBAL FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIONS, AND NEW TENSIONS    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 3. States: Shapers and Subjects of Global Interactions    THE AGE OF STATES: BORN FROM A CYCLE OF INTERACTIONS    WHAT DOES A STATE DO?    WHERE DO STATES COME FROM? FORCES SHAPING THE MODERN STATE    THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF STATES    IS THE STATE FIT FOR PURPOSE? MODERN CHALLENGES TO STATES    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 4. Intergovernmental Organizations: Sites of Global Governance    PROBLEMS WITHOUT PASSPORTS    IGOS: THE BASICS    WHAT DO IGOS DO?    THE UNITED NATIONS: MEDIATING GLOBAL TENSIONS    DO IGOS ACTUALLY MATTER? THREE VIEWS    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 5 Civil Society: Agents of Change in Global Interactions    WHO CARES ABOUT CECIL THE LION?    WHAT IS CIVIL SOCIETY?    WHO IS CIVIL SOCIETY?    RECENT HISTORY OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY: RISE OF A NEW GLOBAL FORCE    CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE GLOBAL STAGE    HOW DOES CIVIL SOCIETY HAVE AN IMPACT?    CRITICISMS OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE CHAPTER 6. Social Identities and Culture: Shaping Interactions at the Individual and Societal Levels    WHAT ARE SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND CULTURE?    GLOBAL INTERACTIONS AND FORCES IMPACT IDENTITY AND CULTURE    WHICH SOCIAL IDENTITIES MATTER?    WHY DO SOME SOCIAL IDENTITIES MATTER MORE THAN OTHERS?    SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND GLOBAL CHALLENGES    UNDERSTANDING CULTURE    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 7. Money: Propelling Global Interactions    WHY GLOBAL MONEY MATTERS    WHAT IS CAPITALISM?    TRADE    FINANCE: BORROWERS, LENDERS, AND DEBT    TWO TYPES OF CROSS-BORDER INVESTMENT    FINANCIAL HYPERGLOBALIZATION AND THE GLOBAL    FINANCIAL CRISIS    CURRENCIES    BRINGING TRADE, FINANCE, AND CURRENCIES TOGETHER    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES PART II. GLOBAL CHALLENGES CHAPTER 8. Democracy and Representation: Struggles for Freedom and Efforts to Restrict It    A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR DEMOCRACY    WHAT DO DEMOCRACIES CONSIST OF?    WHAT DO DICTATORSHIPS CONSIST OF?    TRENDS IN DEMOCRATIZATION    THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION    DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION    DEMOCRACY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES THEMES    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 9. Human Rights: The Challenge of Setting and Enforcing Global Norms    WHAT IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME?    HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE UN LEVEL: ROOTS OF THE TENSION BETWEEN UNIVERSAL RIGHTS AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY    REGIONAL APPROACHES TO HUMAN RIGHTS    WHAT ROLES DO NONSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS ACTORS PLAY?    DO HUMAN RIGHTS WORK?    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 10. Development: The Challenge of Global Poverty    A PICTURE OF UNEVEN GLOBAL POVERTY    WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT, AND HOW IS IT MEASURED?    WHY ARE SOME COUNTRIES POOR?    HOW CAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES GROW THEIR ECONOMIES? FIVE THEORIES    THE ROLE OF FOREIGN AID    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 11. Civil Wars and Terrorism: New Global Security Challenges and Efforts to Manage Them    WHAT ARE CIVIL WARS?    WHAT IS TERRORISM?    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 12. Migration: Confronting the Myths of Human Movement    WHAT IS MIGRATION?    TRENDS IN GLOBAL MIGRATION: FACTS AND MYTHS    WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE? PUSH, PULL, AND POLICY FACTORS    THE IMPACTS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION    BRAIN DRAIN OR BRAIN GAIN?    HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY    CAN MIGRATION BE GOVERNED GLOBALLY?    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 13. Global Health: Addressing Inequalities in Outcomes    BUGS DO NOT RESPECT BORDERS, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL STUDIES THEMES    WHAT IS GLOBAL HEALTH?    GLOBAL HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGHLIGHT SYSTEMIC INEQUALITIES    THE GLOBAL HIV AND AIDS PANDEMIC    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 14. Global Environment: Confronting the Challenge of Climate Change    WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?    EMPIRICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE    PREDICTIONS ABOUT FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE    IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE    RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE    OTHER APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE    CLIMATE CHANGE AND CROSS-CUTTING GLOBAL FORCES    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES CHAPTER 15. Global Food: How Can We Solve World Hunger?    GLOBAL HUNGER AND A GROWING POPULATION: IS THERE ENOUGH FOOD?    IF THERE IS ENOUGH FOOD, WHY DO FAMINES OCCUR?    REDUCING HUNGER: FOOD SECURITY OR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY    WHO RUNS GLOBAL FOOD?    TRACING GLOBAL FOOD: VALUE CHAINS    SUMMARY    KEY TERMS    QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW    LEARN MORE    NOTES GLOSSARY INDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151239115095,"sku":"9781071814390","price":103.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781071814390.jpg?v=1762960539","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/international-studies-9781071814390","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}