Part One: International Relations and Globalisation
1. International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century
International Relations and globalisation
Why is globalisation important for understanding International Relations?
Technological, political, economic and cultural globalisation
Important post-Cold War changes affecting International Relations
Understanding globalisation
Conclusion
2. International Order, International Society and Globalisation
Fundamental aspects of International Relations following the Peace of Westphalia (1648)
International order and international society after the cold War
Globalisation, international order and international society
Conclusion
Part Two: The History of Globalisation and International Relations
3. International Relations from the early 19th Century to World War II
European nationalism and imperialism
World War I and International Relations
The League of Nations: an attempt to build an international organisation to maintain collective security
The legacy of the League of Nations
Conclusion
4. International Relations after World War II
International relations after World War II
The United Nations
The Cold War and nuclear weapons
The international relations of the developing countries
Conclusion
5. After the Cold War: International Relations in a Globalised World
Introduction
International relations after the Cold War: the impact of globalisation
New World Order: more cooperation, less conflict?
Competing norms and values in international relations after the Cold War
Trends in post-Cold War international relations: security, ideology and development
International Relations in the 21st century
Conclusions
Part Three: International Relations Theories
6. Realism and Neo-Realism
Context
The 'back-story' to Realism
Realism in International Relations
Key assumptions
Key concepts
Conclusions and criticisms
7. Liberalism
Context
The 'back-story' to Liberalism
Liberalism in contemporary International Relations
Key assumptions
Key concepts
Conclusions and criticisms
8. Marxism and Neo-Marxism
Context
The ideas of Marx
The ideas of Lenin
Dependency Theory
World Systems Theory
Key concepts
Conclusions and criticisms
9. Critical Theory
Context
Contemporary critical theory and IR
Key concepts
Conclusions
10. Alternative Approaches
Theoretical context
Postmodernism
Feminism
Green theory
Conclusions
11. Social Constructivism
Social Constructivism as a bridge between the traditional theories
Agency and culture in IR
A Social Constructivist reappraisal of IR's key concepts
The empiricists strike back? Critiques of Social Constructivism
Conclusion
Part Four: International and Regional Actors
12. Intergovernmental Organisations
What is an intergovernmental organisation?
The evolution and diversity of IGOs
IR theory and IGOs
Conclusions
13. Global Multi-Purpose IGOs: The United Nations and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
Intergovernmental organisations and globalisation
The United Nations and international law
The UN Charter
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council: permanent privileges
Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
The OIC: history and development
Conclusion: comparing the UN and the OIC
14. Regional Organisations and Regionalisation: Theory and Practice
Introduction
Regional cooperation and globalisation
Old regionalisation and new regionalisation
The North American Free Trade Agreement
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Conclusion
15. The European Union and the African Union
Introduction
The European Union
The African Union
Conclusion
Part Five: Current Global Issues
16. International Political Economy, Part I: Theory and History
What is IPE?
A short history of IPE
Approaches to IPE
The contemporary trading system
The contemporary international monetary system
Conclusions
17. International Political Economy, Part II: Key Actors and Controversies
The IMF and World Bank
International trade organisations
Multi-national corporations (MNCs)
Theoretical perspectives on the actors of IPE
Conclusions
18. Development, Poverty and Inequality
The persistence of global poverty
Approaches to development
The evolution of development policy
Conclusions
19. Gender
Context
Gender approaches to IR
Gender and security
Gender and international development
Future developments
Conclusions
20. Identity and Identities
Forms of identity
Theorising identity
Conclusions
21. Democratisation
What is democracy?
The three waves of democratisation
What can make democracy permanent?
Democratisation by force - 'nation building'
Is democratisation important for international relations?
Conclusions
22. Human Rights
The evolution of the idea of human rights
The United Nations and the codification of human rights
Implementing human rights
Are human rights 'right'?
Conclusions
23. The Natural Environment
The emergence of political ecology
The globalisation of political ecology
Global environmental policy and human security
Threats to a global consensus on environmental policy
Conclusions
Part Six: War and Peace
24. Security Studies: Outlining a Discipline
Defining security and outlining the categories
Defining security-framing the debate
The debates in Security Studies
Conclusions
25. Liberalism and Security
Introduction
Categorising liberal strands
Analysing the strands
Conclusions
26. Dissatisfaction with Traditionalism: Critical Security Studies
The origins of Critical Security Studies
Feminist perceptions of security
Critical international relations theory: Ken Booth and the Welsh School
The Copenhagen School
Conclusions
27. The Globalisation of Human Security
The dimensions of human security
The broad view of human security-freedom from want
The impact of globalisation
Problems with the broad view and attempts to narrow the concept
Conclusions
28. Failed states
September 11 and state failure
Why 'failed states' matter
The rise of non-state groups
Political violence and failed states in Africa and Europe
Conclusion
29. New Wars and the Privatisation of Conflict
Establishing connections
The impact of globalisation and the role of private military and security companies
Security and the private sector
Conclusions
30. Nuclear Deterrence and Proliferation
Achieving stability during the Cold War: mutual assured destruction and US strategic doctrine
Deterrence and the nuclear non-proliferation regime in the post-Cold War era
Where does this leave us?
Conclusions
31. Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Intervention
The original purpose of the United Nations and early peacekeeping
Peacekeeping during the Cold War, 1945-1989
Maintaining international peace and security in the post-Cold War era
Conclusions
32. Terrorism and Political Violence
Categorising terrorism
Defining terrorism and the impact of religion
State and sub-state terrorism
Conclusion
Part Seven: The Future
33. Conclusions: Sovereignty, Globalisation and the Future of International Relations
Sovereignty
Towards global civil society?
Towards global governance?
Conclusions
