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Tables of Contents for International Relations
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword to the Second Edition
xi
K. M. Fierke
Preface to the First Edition
xiii
Introduction: Aspects of Anarchy
1
15
The Nature of International Relations
1
2
War and Peace; Poverty and Wealth
3
1
A Brief Portrait of the World in Figures
4
4
Theory and the Search for Patterns
8
2
The Structure of the Book
10
3
An Invitation to an Argument
13
3
Further Reading and Sources
14
2
States, Nations and Governments
16
18
States
16
1
States, Nations and Governments
17
4
The Structure of State Decision-Making
21
5
Quasi States and Failing States
26
3
Crisis Decision-Making
29
5
Further Reading and Sources
32
2
Beyond the State: Non-State Actors in the Modern World
34
16
Actors and Movements
34
2
The United Nations
36
4
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund
40
2
The European Union
42
1
Multinational Corporations
43
2
International Non-Governmental Organizations
45
1
Religions
46
4
Further Reading and Sources
48
2
A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
50
18
Introduction
50
1
The First World War
50
3
The Interwar Period and the Second World War
53
5
The Post-1945 Era
58
4
The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War
62
2
The Middle East since 1945
64
4
Further Reading and Sources
66
2
Imperialism, Post-Imperialism and Neo-Imperialism
68
22
Empires' and Colonies
68
2
Imperial Expansion
70
4
The Stability of Empires
74
2
The Decline of Empires
76
4
Settlers, Immigrants and Native Populations
80
3
Neo-Colonialism and Informal Empires
83
2
The Post-Imperial World
85
2
Cultural Imperialism
87
3
Further Reading and Sources
89
1
Theories of International Relations
90
24
The Nature of Theory
90
1
Realism
91
5
Variants of Realism
96
2
Pluralism
98
2
Structuralism
100
3
A Comparison Between the Different Viewpoints
103
3
Why Do We Need Theories?
106
4
Can Theories `Tell the Truth'?
110
4
Further Reading and Sources
111
3
Post-Positivist 'Theories and Change
114
14
The Role of Theory
114
1
Marxism and Critical Theory
115
2
Postmodernism
117
3
Feminist Theories of International Relations
120
2
Constructivism
122
1
Theory, Policy and Change
123
5
Further Reading and Sources
126
2
Security, Violence and the Military
128
25
The Study of Security
128
1
Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence
129
5
Did Nuclear Deterrence Prevent a Superpower War?
134
1
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
135
5
Alternatives to Nuclear Deterrence
140
2
Who Fights Whom and Why?
142
3
Economic Sanctions
145
3
Women, Violence and the Military
148
5
Further Reading and Sources
151
2
The Global Political Economy
153
15
The Significance of Economic Factors
153
3
The Liberal Approach
156
2
The Nationalist Approach
158
3
Dependency Approaches
161
1
The Relationship Between the Approaches
162
2
The Direction of the Global Political Economy
164
4
Further Reading and Sources
167
1
Globalization
168
17
Introduction
168
2
Global Interrelations
170
3
The Growth of Globalization
173
5
Globalization and Economic Sovereignty
178
7
Further Reading and Sources
183
2
The Global Environment
185
20
The Global Environmental Problem
185
3
The Free-Rider Problem
188
4
Global Warming
192
3
Water
195
2
The Mediterranean Agreement
197
2
Global Environmental Policy
199
6
Further Reading and Sources
204
1
Moral Issues in International Relations
205
24
Introduction: Moral Arguments
205
4
International Law
209
4
Morality and War
213
5
Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
218
1
Nuclear War
219
1
International Societies
220
3
Human Rights
223
3
Poverty and Wealth
226
3
Further Reading and Sources
227
2
Conclusion
229
5
Index
234