Introduction to Global Politics, Fourth Edition, provides
students with a current, engaging, and non-U.S. perspective on
global politics. It shows students how to analyze global
political events using theoretical approaches-both mainstream and
alternative-and emphasizes non-state actors more than any other
global politics text.
Chapter-by-Chapter Revisions
Chapter 1: Introduction to Global Politics
-Expanded theoretical coverage introduces students to the three
theoretical traditions in international relations theory:
Machiavellian, Grotian, and Kantian
-New Case Study: "Global Production and the iPhone"
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Global Politics
-Revised chapter-opening vignette addresses the goals of
nation-states for survival and influence in the global system and
how critical trends, such as the diffusion of power and
increasing demands for vital resources, influence such goals
-Expanded coverage of US-Cuba relations addresses the restoration
of diplomatic ties
-Further examination of the war on terrorism, including the
completion of NATO's International Security Assistance Force
mission in Afghanistan and its subsequent transition to the
ongoing Resolute Support Mission
-Updated Global Perspective "Perception, Continuity, and Change
After January 20, 2009" addresses the continuing course of the
Arab Spring
-Updated statistics and graphics include "Estimated Global
Nuclear Warheads, as of 2015," and "Number of Wars in Progress
Since 1950"
Chapter 3: Realism, Liberalism, and Critical Theories
-Elimination of overlapping content between Chapter 3 and the
first two introductory chapters, effectively streamlining the
chapter and bringing its objectives of defining and describing
the origins of IR theories, as well as explaining the relation
among the levels of analysis and the different variations of the
five schools of thought, into clearer focus
-The latest on the most pertinent international relations matters
including how world leaders should deal with extremist networks
like the Islamic State
Chapter 4: Making Foreign Policy
-Further coverage and analysis of the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change, including the goals of the 2015 Paris Climate
Change Conference
-Expanded discussion of fragile states, including updates to the
Fragile State Index
-Discussion of foreign policy evaluation has been expanded to
include criticism of the CIA's detention and of
prisoners taken in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
-Additional examples of NGO influence on human rights (i.e. Human
Rights Watch pressuring the Chinese government to abolish its
re-education through labor detention system)
-Updated statistics and graphics include "Top Ten Foreign Aid
Donors" and the addition of a new figure "Share of World
Expenditures of the 15 States with the Highest Expenditure"
Chapter 5: Global and Regional Governance
-Revised chapter-opening vignette addresses the impact of the
Tunisian National Dialogue as a civil society organization and
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
-Updated examples of venture philanthropy include Facebook
co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's pledge to donate 99 percent
of his wealth
-Updated Case Study "A Global Campaign: The Baby Milk Advocacy
Network" includes recent statistics from the World
Organization.
-Updated statistics and graphics include "INGO Growth Continues"
and "Distribution of Think Tanks in the World"
Chapter 6: Global Security, Power, and Terrorism
-Updated information on conflicts including the Syrian civil war,
the rise of the Islamic State and their goal to establish an
Islamic Caliphate, and the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central
African Republic to prevent civil wars and sectarian conflicts
-Condensed coverage of mainstream and critical approaches to
security in order to eliminate overlapping content found in
Chapter 3: Realism, Liberalism, and Critical Theories
-Added examples of the importance of collective action and
reliance on international/regional organization (i.e. in the case
of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal)
-Expanded discussion of the effects of nuclear weapons and the
idea that the international community is experiencing a new
nuclear age in which weapons of mass destruction are used to
secure strategic advantage
-Updated Case Study "US Drone Warfare: A Robotic Revolution in
Modern Combat" includes recent statistics on drone strikes
-Updated information on the spread of jihadists, Al Qaeda, and
ISIS and the geographical extent to which the Obama
Administration (and future administrations) will have to go to
find them
-Updated statistics and graphics include "Arms Deliveries
Worldwide," "Arms Transfer Agreements Worldwide"; the addition of
two new figures: "Top Locations of Islamic State Twitter Users"
and "Thirteen Years of Terror in Western Europe;" the addition of
a new : "Where ISIS Has Directed and Inspired Attacks;" and
the addition of a table detailing the inter-actor relationship of
those involved in the Syrian civil war
Chapter 7: Human Rights and Human Security
-Added information on the latest human rights crises (i.e. the
refugee crisis, the Syrian civil war, and South Sudan)
-New Case Study "A Failed Intervention" on the genocide occurring
in Darfur
-Updated statistics on current UN peacekeeping operations
Chapter 8: Global Trade and Finance
-Updated analysis on the current status of global economic
interconnection (i.e. the role that governmental intervention has
on the economy of their nation-states--including free markets,
the impact of the slowdown of China's economy, and the effects of
increasing global foreign direct investment)
-New discussion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its
subsequent implications as the largest regional trade agreement
in history
-Updated Theory in Practice "Contending Views of Capitalism"
reflects recent changes in the Chinese economy and cyberwarfare
tactics it uses against the US
-Updated statistics and graphics include "Main Trading Nations,"
"Real GDP Growth," and the addition of a new graph "Holdings of
US Treasury Securities"
Chapter 9: Poverty, Development, and Hunger
-Added discussion on the results of the Millennium Development
Goals process (including an updated Progress Chart for UN
Millennium Development Goals) and the UN's subsequent adoption of
the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (illustrated by
Sustainable Development Goals).
-Updated discussions of world population statistics and estimated
population growth projections, including new graphics "Projected
World Population" and "Fastest Growing Populations"
Chapter 10: Environmental Issues
-Discussion of the latest environmental issues including the
rising number of carbon emissions emitted on the planet, the
effect climate change and environmental degradation are having as
causes of major violence in regards to specific ethnic
communities that compete for ce resources, and how 2015 was
the hottest year in recorded history
-Added discussion of how climate change is the greatest challenge
to economic and political stability across the world
-Revised discussion of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change report addresses the rise of global surface
temperatures, the continued shrinking of sea ice, and how human
influence correlates to climate change and increasing levels of
greenhouse emissions in the atmosphere
-Added information and analysis of the 2015 Paris Climate Change
Conference, its outcomes, and the importance of adhering to
pledges to curb emissions and keeping global temperature rises
under 2 degrees Celsius; new concluding thoughts and analysis
added as well
-A revised table detailing "Recent Global Environmental Actions"
focuses on events and actions of the past thirty years
-Updated statistics and graphics include "Global Greenhouse
Emissions by Type of ," and two new graphics: "Number of Oils
Spills between 1970-2015" and "Largest Producers of CO2 Emissions
Worldwide."