
Power in World Politics
- 10 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Power in World Politics
About this book
This book engages the view that students of International Relations need to break with the habit of defining power in terms of military capabilities of states.
Featuring contributions from both upcoming and distinguished scholars, including Steven Lukes, Joseph Nye, and Stefano Guzzini, it explores the nature and location of 'power' in international politics through a variety of conceptual lenses. With a particular focus on the phenomenon of 'soft' power and different types of actors in a globalizing world, fifteen chapters assess the meaning of 'power' from the perspectives of realism, constructivism, global governance, and development studies, presenting discussions ranging from conceptual to practical oriented analyses.
Power in World Politics attempts to broaden theoretical horizons to enrich our understanding of the distribution of power in world politics, thereby also contributing to the discovery and analysis of new political spaces. This is essential reading for all advanced students and scholars of international relations.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Thinking about power
- 2 The concept of power
- 3 Realism and facets of power in international relations
- 4 Structural realism and the problem of polarity and war
- 5 Power and the battle for hearts and minds
- 6 Why ‘soft power’ isn’t so soft
- 7 The power of persuasion
- 8 Contested credibility
- 9 Notes for a soft-power research agenda
- 10 Reflecting on normative power Europe
- 11 Empowerment among nations
- 12 Levels, spaces and forms of power
- 13 On the transformational potential of global civil society
- 14 Discourses of power
- 15 Theory meets practice
- Bibliography