International politics: enduring concepts and contemporary issues

Detailed contents

Preface

Part I. Anarchy and Its Consequences

Chapter 1. Power, Principle, and Legitimacy in Statecraft. The Melian dialogue / Thucydides ; Legitimacy in international politics / Ian Hurd ; Six principles of political realism / Hans J. Morgenthau ; A critique of Morgenthau's Principles of Political Realism / J. Ann Tickner ; What is power in global affairs? / Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Chapter 2. The Meaning of Anarchy. The anarchic structure of world politics / Kenneth N. Waltz ; Anarchy and the struggle for power / John J. Mearsheimer ; Anarchy is what states make of it / Alexander Wendt

Chapter 3. Strategic Interaction in Anarchy. Game theory : A practitioner's approach / Thomas C. Schelling ; Rationalist explanations for war / James D. Fearon ; Offense, defense, and the security dilemma / Robert Jervis

Chapter 4. The Mitigation of Anarchy. Cooperation under the security dilemma / by Robert Jervis ; Kant, liberal legacies, and foreign affairs / Michael W. Doyle ; Alliances : Balancing and bandwagoning / Stephen M. Walt ; Hierarchy and hegemony in international politics / David C. Kang ; The future of diplomacy / Hans J. Morgenthau ; The uses and limits of international law / Stanley Hoffmann ; International institutions : Can interdependence work? / Robert O. Keohane

Part II. The Uses of Force

Chapter 5. The Political Uses of Force. The four functions of force / Robert J. Art ; The diplomacy of violence / Thomas C. Schelling ; What is terrorism? / Bruce Hoffman

Chapter 6. The Utility of Force Today. The fungibility of force / Robert J. Art ; Why civil resistance works / Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan ; Shape of violence today / The World Bank

Chapter 7. The Nuclear Future. Losing control in crises / Robert Jervis ; Our not so peaceful nuclear future / Henry D. Sokolski ; A world without nuclear weapons? / Thomas C. Schelling

Part III. International Political Economy and Globalization

Chapter 8. Perspectives on Political Economy. The nature of political economy / Robert Gilpin ; Economic interdependence and war / Dale C. Copeland ; Why doesn't everyone get the case for free trade? / Dani Rodrik

Chapter 9. Globalization Today. Globalization of the economy / Jeffrey Frankel ; What globalization is and is not / Moisés Naím ; Labor, capital, and ideas in the power law economy / Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, and Michael Spence

Chapter 10. Fixing the World Political Economy. The status quo crisis / Eric Helleiner ; A new global reserve system / Joseph E. Stiglitz ; A sane globalization / Dani Rodrik

Part IV. Contemporary Issues in World Politics

Chapter 11. Interstate War and Terrorism. The era of leading power peace / Robert Jervis ; The United States and the rise of China / Robert J. Art ; Ending terrorism / Audrey Kurth Cronin

Chapter 12. Civil Wars, Human Rights, Regime Change, and Humanitarian Intervention. Reflections on intervention / Kofi Annan ; Human rights in world politics / Rhoda E. Howard and Jack Donnelly ; Humanitarian intervention comes of age / Jon Western and Joshua S. Goldstein ; To the shores of Tripoli? Regime change and its consequences / Alexander B. Downes ; Crafting peace through power sharing / Caroline A. Hartzell and Matthew Hoddie

Chapter 13. Transnational Actors and New Forces. Transnational activist networks / Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink ; Cyber conflict and national security / Herbert Lin ; International law : The trials of global norms / Steven R. Ratner

Chapter 14. The Global Commons and Global Governance. The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin ; The Papal Encyclical on the environment / Pope Francis ; The U.N. Security Council / Adam Roberts and Dominik Zaum ; Globalization and governance / Kenneth N. Waltz ; Good enough global governance / Stewart Patrick ; The future of the liberal world order / G. John Ikenberry

Chapter 15. The Shape of the Future. Emerging multipolarity : Why should we care? / Barry R. Posen ; The strategic implications of climate change / Alan Dupont ; Dollar diminution and U.S. power / Jonathan Kirshner ; Power shifts, economic change, and the decline of the West? / Michael Cox ; The future of the European Union / Stephen M. Walt

Credits.