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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAbout the Authors Maps of the World Preface PART I:FOUNDATIONS OF GLOBAL POLITICS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL POLITICS: John Baylis, Anthony McGrew, Steve Smith, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker Introduction International Relations and Global Politics Global Actors Global Issues Theories of Global Politics What Are Theories? Theoretical Traditions in International Relations The Rise of Realism Rival Theories Research Approaches: Historical, Social Scientific, and Constructivist The Historical Approach The Social Scientific Approach: Levels of Analysis The Constructivist Approach Dimensions of Globalization Conclusion WHAT'S TRENDING? The End of Peace? THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Understanding and Resolving International Conflicts CHAPTER 2 THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL POLITICS: David Armstrong, Michael Cox, Len Schoot, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker Introduction The Significance of the Peace of Westphalia Revolutionary Wars World Wars: Modern and Total Legacies and Consequences of European Colonialism Col War Onset of the Cold War Conflict, Confrontration, and Compromise The Rise and Fall of Detente From Detente to a Second Cold War From the End of the Cold War to the War on Terrorism Globalization: Challenging the International Order? From Superpower to Hyperpower: US Primacy Europe in the New World System Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin East Asia: Primed from Rivalry? Latin America: Becoming Global Players The War on Terrorism: From 9/11 to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria Conclusion FEATURES THEORY IN PRACTICE Percenption, Continuity, and Change After January 20, 2009 CASE STUDY The Forgotten Genocides: German Colonialism After the Berlin Conference WHAT'S TRENDING? The End of Peace? THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Understanding and Resolving International Conflicts CHAPTER 3 REALISM, LIBERALISM, AND CRITICAL THEORIES: Tim Dunne, Brian C. Schmidt, Stephen Hobden, Richard Wyn Jones, Steve Smith, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker Introduction What Is Realism? The Essential Realism Statism Survival Self-Help One Realism or Many? Classical Realism Structural Realism, or Neorealism Contemporary Realist Challenges to Structural Realism What Theory Tells Us About Policy What Is Liberalism? Defining Liberalism The Essential Liberalism Neoliberalism Liberalism in Practice What Theory Tells Us About Policy Critical Theories The Essential Marxism Third World Socialists Feminist Theory What Theory Tells Us About Policy Constructivism Conclusion FEATURES CASE STUDY The Power of Ideas: Politics and Neoliberalism THEORY IN PRACTICE What Makes a Theory
