Issues in 21st Century World Politics

MARK BEESON is Winthrop Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Western Australia and formerly Professor of International Relations, University of Birmingham, UK. NICK BISLEY is Associate Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University, Australia.

"This excellent and well integrated collection of high-quality chapters introduces and addresses the key questions that face the international system in the first half of the twenty-first century. Readable and engaging, it is a must buy for students of world politics." - Professor Michael Cox, London School of Economics. "Combining intellectual rigor and contemporary focus, a wide-ranging portrait of the global system bringing together leading scholars to reflect on the great changes underway in world politics " - Professor G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University '[W]ell written, insightful, and tightly argued essays on important issues... address their subjects with keen analytic eyes that provide the reader with information, vision, and insights... [A]n important and useful book.' - A.J. Waskey, Choice

• Introduction: Issues in Twenty-First World Politics; Mark Beeson and Nick Bisley PART I: EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Globalization and Statehood; Philip G. Cerny Regions and Regionalism in World Politics; Shaun Breslin Climate Change and the Politics of the Global Environment; Neil Carter Global Power Shift: The Decline of the West and the Rise of the Rest?; Nick Bisley There are alternatives: The Washington consensus versus state capitalism; Mark Beeson Democracy and Democratization; William Case Nationalism and Ethnicity in World Politics; Richard W. Mansbach PART II: CONFLICT, CRISES AND AUTHORITY Old and New Wars; Matt Killingsworth Transnational Terrorism; Andrew Phillips Peace Operations and Humanitarian Intervention; Alex J. Bellamy The New World of Security; Mely Cabellero-Anthony Gender Matters; Laura J. Shepherd Inequality and Underdevelopment in World Politics; Ray Kiely Energy Security and World Politics; Frank Umbach Global Financial Crises; Timothy J. Sinclair Governing the Global Economy; Richard Higgott Population Movement and its Impact on World Politics; Anne Hammerstad