Global Politics

Contents I. Historical Background 1. The Historical Setting The Emergence of the Contemporary International System: Toward the First World War The First World War and the Study of International Relations Postwar Settlements Germany and Adolf Hitler Japan, Italy, and Germany: Challenges to the Status Quo The Emergence of the Big Two: The Second World War 2. The Modern Era After the Second World War The Soviet Union and China: the "Monolith" Begins to Crumble Sputniks, Kennedy, and Vietnam DÉtente and Tripolarity The Rebirth of the Cold War The End of the Cold War Recent Trends The Study of World Politics After the Second World War II. Inside States: The Impact of Individuals, Groups, and Organizations 3. The Public, Ethnicity, and Special Interests Public Opinion and International Politics Subnational Groups and International Politics The Military-Industrial Complex Ethnicity and International Politics 4. Making Foreign Policy: Bureaucrats, Diplomats, Leaders, and Logic Foreign Policy Bureaucracies The "Rationality" of Decision Making Diplomats and Bargaining Great-Man Theories of History III. States, The Primary Actors 5. States, Nations, and Power "Nations" and "States" The Historical Origins of the Modern State Power 6. Comparing States and Foreign Policies Measuring Power Categorizing States and Their Foreign Policies IV. Interactions of States 7. Interdependence Among Rich States: West-West Relationships The Bretton Woods System Nixon's Surprise The Decline of American Hegemony? The Sources of American (and Western World) Anxiety 8. Rich States and Poor States: North-South Relationships Imperialism Economic Development The Development of Dependency Theory Dependency Theory and National Development Strategies The "Economic Miracle" of East Asia Developing States and the Future of the International Economic System 9. East-West Relationships: The Emerging Post-Cold War Era The Cold War Confrontation Between the United States and the Soviet Union Arms Races and the End of the Cold War Beyond the Cold War New Threats in the Post-Cold War World: Fundamentalist Islam and China? V. International Organizations and Transnational Actors 10. Coalitions, Alliances, and Economic Communities International Alliances Economic Integration in Western Europe Economic Integration Among Developing Nations 11. Universal International Organizations Early Peace-Keeping Organizations The League of Nations The Structure of the United Nations The Principle of Collective Security Peace-Keeping as an Alternative Collective Security The United States and the United Nations The Future of the United Nations 12. Ethics, Law, and International Regimes Ethics and the International Community The Ethics of War and Nuclear Deterrence Ethics and Economic Inequality in the Global Community The Ethics of Intervention: Human Rights versus States' Rights International Law and Regimes VI. Global Problems 13. Transnational Actors: The Wave of the Future? Multinational Corporations Computers, Transnational Organizations, and International Politics Terrorism and Terrorist Groups 14. The International System, the Balance of Power, and War Analyzing Wholes and Parts The Balance-of-Power Theory 15. The Future of the Global Community Four Crises An Integrated View of World Crises Optimists Versus Pessimists on the Future of the World VII. Conclusion 16. History, Science, and Values in the Study of Global Politics The Lessons of History Scientific Generalizations History, Science, Values, and the FutureJames Lee Ray is the author of 'Global Politics' with ISBN 9780395872512 and ISBN 0395872510.