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World politics in a new era / Steven L. Spiegel ... [et al.]. - 6th ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015. - xxviii, 564 p. : ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.

Index : p. 546-564.

Bibliography : p. 502-512.

Maps ; Special Features ; Preface ; pt. 1. FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD POLITICS: CHAPTER 1: World Politics: complexity and competing processes -- CHAPTER 2: Theory and World Politics -- CHAPTER 3: World Politics and Economics: 1648-1945 -- CHAPTER 4: World Politics and Economics: The Cold War -- CHAPTER 5: Imperialism and Its Survivors -- CHAPTER 6: Globalization and Fragmentation in a New World Order: 1991 to the Present -- pt. 2. THE MAJOR ISSUES IN WORLD POLITICS: CHAPTER 7: Security Theory in Practice -- CHAPTER 8: Contemporary Security Issues -- CHAPTER 9: World Politics: Trade and Investment -- CHAPTER 10: World Politics: Development -- CHAPTER 11: Human Issues: Demographic Trends -- CHAPTER 12: Resource Issues -- CHAPTER 13: Global Governance: International Law and International Organization -- CHAPTER 14: World Politics in Context.

This primary text for the introductory course in international relations follows a progression of history first, issues second and theory third.


ISBN: 0199965625 9780199965625

LCCN: 2013030691

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World politics.
Economic history.

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Dewey Class. No.: 327 / WOR