Building on its critical and optimistic approach, the fully revised second edition of this textbook utilizes international relations theory and coverage of key historical events to give students a comprehensive, unbiased understanding of international politics backed by up-to-date research. Broad in scope, the book covers topics ranging from leadership and warfare to terrorism and global environmental threats. New to this edition is in-depth coverage of the Russo-Ukraine War and the Israel, Palestine, and Middle East Wars, and up-to-date context is added throughout with the inclusion of issues such as the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit. The text is enhanced by box features and 'Close Up' sections providing further information, and 'Critical Case Studies' highlighting complex historical and current affairs. Through the evaluation of past and contemporary real-world issues and institutions, this textbook provides students of political science and international relations with the tools they need to think critically about global politics.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-31
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:536
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009100366

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Dr Robert Jackson is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Government at the University of Redlands, California. He is a Senior Associate at St. Antony's College and Visiting Fellow at the Changing Character of War Programme at the University of Oxford. He also holds the positions of distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and Life Member/Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall and the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is an associate Fellow in International Security at Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs, London) and Visiting Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University.

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'The second edition of this textbook is even better than the first. It is the perfect choice for those professors – like me – who try to balance history, theory, and current events in their international relations classes. It covers all the most important aspects of the subject in a fair, interesting, and informative manner.' Chris Fettweis, Tulane University

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Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Foundations of Global Politics: 1. Introduction to Global Politics; 2. Global History: The Making of the Modern World; 3. Competing Theories, Methods, and Debates; Part II. Institutions and Actors in Global Politics: 4. Modern States: Power, Leaders, and Decisions; 5. The Global System: Major and Middle Powers; 6. Global Governance in Unstable Transition: International Law and Intergovernmental Organizations; 7. Politics Beyond the State: Identity: Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationalism; Part III. Global Conflict and War: 8. War: Causes, Conduct, and Consequences; 9. Civil Wars and Regional Insurgencies; 10. International Terrorism, and Cyber and Nuclear Weapons Issues; Part IV. The Politics of Global Economics: 11. International Economics; 12. The Politics of Global Inequality: Winners and Losers; Part V. Global Challenges and Prospects: 13. Global Threats: Environment, Demography, and Health; 14. Crises in Global Politics: War in Peacetime; Glossary; Index.