- 640 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Global Politics: A New Introduction engages directly with questions that those coming to the study of world politics bring with them. From that innovative starting point, it explores key issues through a critical and inquiring perspective, presenting theoretical ideas and concepts in conjunction with a global range of historical and contemporary case studies.
Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition offers examples engaging with the latest developments in global politics: the climate crisis and anthropocentrism, Indigenous experiences and thinking, racism and the rise of xenophobia, artificial intelligence, citizen journalism, global health and pandemic response and drone warfare.
Global Politics:
• examines most significant issues in global politics – poverty, development, colonialism, human rights, gender, inequality, race, war, peacebuilding, security, violence, nationalism, authority and what we can do to change the world;
• offers chapters written to a common structure ideal for teaching and learning and features a key question, an illustrative example, general responses and broader issues;
• integrates theory and practice throughout the text, drawing on international relations, political theory, postcolonial studies, sociology, geography, peace studies and development.
This exciting, up-to-date and ground-breaking textbook is essential reading for all those concerned about global politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Endorsements
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Teaching with Global Politics: A New Introduction
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How do we begin to think about the world?
- 3 Why do some people think they know what is good for others?
- 4 When do we think global politics began?
- 5 What if we don’t take nature for granted?
- 6 Can we save the planet?
- 7 Who do we think we are?
- 8 How do religious beliefs affect politics?
- 9 Why do we obey?
- 10 How do we find out what’s going on in the world?
- 11 What does AI do to politics?
- 12 Why is people’s movement restricted?
- 13 Where do we think we are from?
- 14 Does the nation-state work?
- 15 How is the world organised economically?
- 16 How does colonialism work?
- 17 Do colonialism and slavery belong to the past?
- 18 How does finance affect the politics of everyday life?
- 19 How can we end poverty?
- 20 Why does politics turn to violence?
- 21 What makes the world dangerous?
- 22 Can we move beyond conflict?
- 23 Who has rights?
- 24 Conclusion: What can we do to change the world?
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- Acknowledgements
- List of permissions
- Index of names
- General index