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Table of Contents SHORT INTRODUCTIONS Title page Copyright page Dedication Preface Acknowledgements 1: Introducing International Relations Eras in World Politics The Domain of International Relations Defining the International Mapping the International Internationalizing the State System Globalizing the International Conclusion Further Reading Questions for Discussion 2: States in World History States and Empires in the Pre-Modern World Political Community and Human Nature The Rise of Modernity The Sovereign State and State System The Modern Colonial Empires Nationalism and the Nation-State Empire and Hegemony in the Contemporary International System Conclusion Further Reading Questions for Discussion 3: Theorizing International Relations Liberalism and Realism Marxism and Critical Theory English School Theory and Constructivism Feminism and Gender Theory Postmodernism and Postcolonialism Normative International Theory and Green Theory Conclusion Further Reading Questions for Discussion 4: International Relations in the Twentieth Century The World at War From ‘Peace in our Time’ to the Return of Total War The Changing Structure of World Politics, 1945–1989 From the End of History to a New World Order Identity Politics and the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Culture, Democracy and Human Rights in the Post-Cold War World Conclusion Further Reading Questions for Discussion 5: Security and Insecurity in the Contemporary World Conventional Approaches to Security Critical Security Approaches and Securitization Theory Human Security vs State Security Humanitarian Intervention and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ War and Terror in the Twenty-First Century Environmental Security and the Green Agenda Conclusion Further Reading Questions for Discussion 6: Global Governance and World Order Global Governance and the United Nations Global Civil Society and Social Movements Regionalization and World Order Fragmentation and World Disorder The West/non-West Divide Conclusion Further Reading Questions for Discussion 7: International Political Economy The Emergence of Capitalism Theorizing International Political Economy The Institutions of Global Economic Governance Wealth, Poverty and the North/South Divide Crises in the Global Financial System Conclusion Further Reading Questions for Discussion 8: International Relations in a Globalizing World The Concept of Globalization Globalization in Historical Perspective Globalization vs the State Culture and Globalization Globalization, the State and Normative Issues Rethinking Political Community Conclusion Further Reading Questions for Discussion 9: Conclusion: A Post-International World? References Index End User License Agreement SHORT INTRODUCTIONS Nicholas Abercrombie, Sociology Michael Bury, Health and Illness Raewyn Connell, Gender, 3rd edition Hartley Dean, Social Policy, 2nd edition Lena Dominelli, Introducing Social Work Jeffrey Haynes, Development Studies Stuart Henry, Social Deviance Amanda D. Lotz and Jonathan Gray, Television Studies Chris Rojek, Cultural Studies Copyright page Copyright © Stephanie Lawson 2017 The right of Stephanie Lawson to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First edition published in 2003 by Polity Press This edition published in 2017 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-0855-6 (hardback) ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-0856-3 (paperback) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Lawson, Stephanie, author. Title: International relations / Stephanie Lawson. Description: Third edition. | Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016017575| ISBN 9781509508556 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781509508563 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: International relations. 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