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• Cover
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Detailed Contents
• Boxes
• Case Studies
• Key Concepts
• About the Author
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introducing International Relations
• 1.1 Eras in World Politics
• The Post-Cold War Era, Hegemony and Globalization
• The Post-9/11 Period
• The Phenomenon of Modernity
• Key Points
• 1.2 The Domain of International Relations
• The Scope of IR
• Humanitarian Concerns
• Identity Politics
• The Agenda for IR in the Twenty-First Century
• Key Points
• 1.3 Defining the International
• The ‘International’ Sphere
• State and Nation
• Mapping the International
• Key Points
• 1.4 Internationalizing the State System
• Sovereign Statehood in the Postcolonial World
• Regional Integration
• Key Points
• 1.5 Towards a ‘Global IR’
• Non-Western Sources of IR
• The Value of Diversity in IR
• Key Points
• 1.6 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• 2 States in World History
• 2.1 States and Empires in the Pre-Modern World
• The State and Political Community
• The Origins of States
• The Legacy of Empires
• The Idea of Civilization
• Key Points
• 2.2 Political Community and Human Nature
• Early Religious Themes
• The Cosmopolis
• Key Points
• 2.3 Modernity and the Sovereign State System
• The Rise of Secularism
• The Sovereign State and State System
• Sovereignty and the State of Nature
• Key Points
• 2.4 The Modern Colonial Empires
• Modern European Imperialism
• Key Points
• 2.5 The Rise of Nationalism and the Nation-State
• Culture and Nationalism
• Anti-Colonial Nationalism
• Key Points
• 2.6 Empire and Hegemony in the Contemporary International System
•  Key Points
• 2.7 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• 3 Theorizing International Relations: Methods and Traditional Approaches
• 3.1 Theory and Method, Knowledge and Truth
• Epistemology
• Ontology
• Evidence and Probabilities
• A Post-Truth World?
• Key Points
• 3.2 Liberalism and the Quest for Peace
• The Democratic Peace Thesis
• The Liberal View of Human Nature
• Soft Power and Smart Power
• Key Points
• 3.3 The Case for Classical Realism
• The Realist Critique of ‘Liberal Idealism’
• The Struggle for Power and the Subordination of Morality
• Key Points
• 3.4 The English School and International Society
• Pluralism
• Solidarism
• Key Points
• 3.5 Neorealism and Neoliberalism
• Neoliberalism
• Neorealism
• Levels of Analysis
• The Security Dilemma and the Balance of Power
• Offensive and Defensive Realism
• The Critique of Liberal Moralism
• Key Points
• 3.6 Neoclassical Realism and Moral Realism
• Moral Realism
• Key Points
• 3.7 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• 4 Theorizing International Relations: Critical Approaches
• 4.1 Marxism and Critical Theory
• The Socialist Tradition
• Marx and Marxism
• World-System Theory
• Gramsci and Hegemony
• Contemporary Critical Theory
• Key Points
• 4.2 Constructivism
• Constructivist IR
• Key Points
• 4.3 Feminism, Gender Theory and Sexuality
• Feminism
• Feminism in IR
• Gender and Sexuality
• Gender and Political/Sexual Violence
• Gender and Peace
• Key Points
• 4.4 Postmodernism
• Postmodernism and the Status of Truth
• Key Points
• 4.5 Postcolonialism
• Orientalism and Occidentalism
• Decolonial Theory
• The West/non-West Divide
• 4.6 Green Theory
•  Key Points
• 4.7 Normative International Theory
• Communitarianism and Cosmopolitanism
• Key Points
• 4.8 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• 5 International Relations in the Twentieth Century
• 5.1 The World at War
• The Descent Into War
• An Experiment in World Governance
• From ‘Peace in our Time’ to the Return of Total War
• The Rise of Japan
• Key Points
• 5.2 The Changing Structure of World Politics, 1945–1989
• The Cold War
• Key Points
• 5.3 From the End of History to a New World Order
• Identity Politics and the ‘Clash of Civilizations’
• 5.4 Culture, Democracy and Human Rights in the Post-Cold War World
•  Key Points
• 5.5 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• 6 Security and Insecurity in the Contemporary World
• 6.1 Conventional Approaches to Security
• From Bipolarity to Hegemony in the Post-Cold War Era?
• Collective/Cooperative Security
• Environmental, Biosecurity and Health Threats
• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• The Liberal-Institutional Security Scenario Versus Realist Approaches
• Key Points
• 6.2 Critical Security Approaches
• Constructivism
• Feminist and Gender Approaches
• Critical Theory
• Postmodern Approaches
• Key Points
• 6.3 Securitization Theory
•  Key Points
• 6.4 Human Security vs State Security
•  Key Points
• 6.5 Humanitarian Intervention and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’
• Normative Considerations and the Problem of Interests
• 6.6 War and Terror in the Twenty-First Century
• Terrorism After ‘9/11’
• Unconventional Enemies
• The Sources of Terrorism
• 6.7 Environmental Security and the Green Agenda
• Climate Change Denial
• 6.8 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• 7 Global Governance and World Order
• 7.1 Introduction
•  Key Points
• 7.2 Global Governance and the United Nations
• The Purpose and Scope of the UN
• Human Rights at the UN
• The UN and the Sovereign State System
• Key Points
• 7.3 Global Civil Society and Social Movements
• Civil Society Organizations
• Social Movements
• The Anti-Globalization Phenomenon
• Key Points
• 7.4 Regionalization and World Order
• Regionalization in Comparative Perspective
• Inter-Regionalization
• Key Points
• 7.5 Fragmentation and World Disorder
• Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism
• Fragile/Failing States
• Key Points
• 7.6 The West/non-West Divide
•  Key Points
• 7.7 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• 8 International Political Economy
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 The Emergence of Capitalism
•  Key Points
• 8.3 Theorizing International Political Economy
• The Rise of Liberal Economics
• Neomercantilism
• Marxist Economic Theory
• Key Points
• 8.4 The Institutions of Global Economic Governance
• The Bretton Woods Institutions
• Neoliberalism
• The G7 and G20
• The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• BRICS
• Key Points
• 8.5 Wealth, Poverty and the North/South Divide
•  Key Points
• 8.6 Crises in the Global Financial System
•  Key Points
• 8.7 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• 9 Conclusion: International Relations in a Changing World
• 9.1 The Future of the Sovereign State
• Globalization vs the State
• Communitarians and Cosmopolitan Perspectives
• A Post-International World?
• Key Points
• 9.2 The Challenge of Nationalism and Authoritarianism
•  Key Points
• 9.3 IR in a ‘Post-Truth’ World
• Time for a Reality Check?
• Key Points
• 9.4 Conclusion
•  Questions for Discussion
•  Guide to Further Reading
• References
• Index
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