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Introduction to Global Politics, Seventh Edition, provides 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. The book offers a robust ancillary resource program, including interactive media activities designed to reinforce key concepts by simulating real-world situations, making Introduction to Global Politics, Seventh Edition, the perfect text to engage your students.
The text is now available as a 2025 digital-only update that incorporates essential new content reflecting the current state of the field. Oxford University Press understands the need for current coverage in Political Science courses and strives to provide instructors and students with the most up-to-date information shaping their course of study.
Contents
About the Authors
Maps of the World
Preface
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF GLOBAL POLITICS
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL POLITICS: John Baylis, Anthony McGrew, Steve Smith, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
Introduction
International Relations and Global Politics
Global Actors
Global Issues
Theories of Global Politics
What Are Theories?
Theoretical Traditions in International Relations
The Rise of Realism
Rival Theories
Research Approaches: Historical, Social Scientific, and Constructivist
The Historical Approach
The Social Scientific Approach: Levels of Analysis
The Constructivist Approach
Dimensions of Globalization
Conclusion
WHAT'S TRENDING? The End of Peace?
THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Understanding and Resolving International Conflicts
CHAPTER 2. THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL POLITICS: David Armstrong, Michael Cox, Len Schoot, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
Introduction
The Significance of the Peace of Westphalia
Revolutionary Wars
World Wars: Modern and Total
Legacies and Consequences of European Colonialism
Col War
Onset of the Cold War
Conflict, Confrontration, and Compromise
The Rise and Fall of Detente
From Detente to a Second Cold War
From the End of the Cold War to the War on Terrorism
Globalization: Challenging the International Order?
From Superpower to Hyperpower: US Primacy
Europe in the New World System
Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin
East Asia: Primed from Rivalry?
Latin America: Becoming Global Players
The War on Terrorism: From 9/11 to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria
Conclusion
FEATURES
THEORY IN PRACTICE Percenption, Continuity, and Change After January 20, 2009
CASE STUDY The Forgotten Genocides: German Colonialism After the Berlin Conference
WHAT'S TRENDING? The End of Peace?
THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL POLITICS Understanding and Resolving International Conflicts
CHAPTER 3. REALISM, LIBERALISM, AND CRITICAL THEORIES: Tim Dunne, Brian C. Schmidt, Stephen Hobden, Richard Wyn Jones, Steve Smith, Steven L. Lamy, and John Masker
Introduction
What Is Realism?
The Essential Realism
Statism
Survival
Self-Help
One Realism or Many?
Classical Realism
Structural Realism, or Neorealism
Contemporary Realist Challenges to Structural Realism
What Theory Tells Us About Policy
What Is Liberalism?
Defining Liberalism
The Essential Liberalism
Neoliberalism
Liberalism in Practice
What Theory Tells Us About Policy
Critical Theories
The Essential Marxism
Third World Socialists
Feminist Theory
What Theory Tells Us About Policy
Constructivism
Conclusion
FEATURES
CASE STUDY The Power of Ideas: Politics and Neoliberalism
THEORY IN PRACTICE What Makes a Theory
