OF WORLD POLITICS
An introduction to international relations
Fourth edition
John Baylis-Steve Smith-Patricia Owens
OXJORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Brief contents
List of figures
xxvii
List of boxes and case studies
xxviii
List of tables
xxxiii
About the contributors
xxxiv
World map
Introduction
xl
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John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens
1 Globalization and global politics
14
Anthony McGrew
Part One The historical context
2 The evolution of international society
36
David Armstrong
3 International history, 1900-90
54
Len Scott
4 From the cold war to the war on terror
70
Michael Cox
Part Two Theories of world politics
5 Realism
90
Tim Dunne and Brian C. Schmidt
6 Liberalism
108
Tim Dunne
7 Contemporary mainstream approaches: neo-realism and neo-liberalism
124
Steven L. Lamy
8 Marxist theories of international relations
142
Stephen Hobden and Richard Wyn Jones
9 Social Constructivism
160
Michael Barnett
10 Alternative approaches to international theory
174
Steve Smith and Patricia Owens
11 International ethics
192
Richard Shapcott
Part Three Structures and processes
12 The changing character of war
210
Mike Sheehan
13 International and global security
John Baylis
226
Contents
14 International political economy in an age of globalization
242
Ngaire Woods
15 Gender in world politics
262
J. Ann Tickner
16 International law
278
Christian Reus-Smit
17 International regimes
296
Richard Little
18 The United Nations
312
Paul Taylor and Devon Curtis
19 Transnational actors and international organizations in global politics
330
Peter Willetts
Part Four International issues
20 Environmental issues
350
John Vogler
21 Terrorism and globalization
370
James D. Kiras
22 Nuclear proliferation
386
Darryl Howlett
23 Nationalism
402
John Breuilly
24
References: 591 Index 607