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World Politics in a New Era, Fourth Edition, provides the basic knowledge and skills needed to appreciate the full range of international politics in contemporary affairs. Integrating a theme of Globalization and Fragmentation throughout, the book enables students to see beyond the notion of "globalization" as a buzzword and to become aware of the trade-offs and tensions that result from a "global community." Furthering this theme, the authors introduce the concept of Conflict and Cooperation so that students can see how world leaders balance their relationships with other countries.
World Politics in a New Era introduces the predominant theories used to explain international relations in Chapter Two. This thorough foundation is followed by discussions of these various theories, which appear throughout the narrative. In addition, "At a Glance" features are integrated throughout the text; these summaries help students to see how the theories work and also how they intersect with individual, domestic, and systemic levels of analysis.
Four chapters in the text are devoted to reviewing key historical events, providing students with the context necessary to grasp world politics. A new chapter on non-western hisotry--Chapter 5. Imperialism and Its Victims--allows students to move beyond the typical "western" understanding of world events.
Each chapter offers a role-playing exercise called "What Would You Do?" that gives students the opportunity to play the decision-maker during the midst of a crisis. This feature profiles real-life situations and asks students to plan a course of action using the material they've learned in the course. This experience of analyzing a crisis and proposing solutions is a skill that students can use in other political science courses as well as in their daily lives.
World Politics in a New Era introduces the predominant theories used to explain international relations in Chapter Two. This thorough foundation is followed by discussions of these various theories, which appear throughout the narrative. In addition, "At a Glance" features are integrated throughout the text; these summaries help students to see how the theories work and also how they intersect with individual, domestic, and systemic levels of analysis.
Four chapters in the text are devoted to reviewing key historical events, providing students with the context necessary to grasp world politics. A new chapter on non-western hisotry--Chapter 5. Imperialism and Its Victims--allows students to move beyond the typical "western" understanding of world events.
Each chapter offers a role-playing exercise called "What Would You Do?" that gives students the opportunity to play the decision-maker during the midst of a crisis. This feature profiles real-life situations and asks students to plan a course of action using the material they've learned in the course. This experience of analyzing a crisis and proposing solutions is a skill that students can use in other political science courses as well as in their daily lives.
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About the Author:
Steven L. Spiegel, Professor of Political Science at UCLA, specializes in the analysis of world politics, American foreign policy, and American foreign policy in the Middle East. Recent university activities include the position of international chair of the Middle East cooperative security program for the statewide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) of the University of California. He is also the Associate Director of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations (BCIR). His latest books are WORLD POLITICS IN A NEW ERA, Third Edition, and THE DYNAMICS OF MIDDLE EAST PROLIFERATION, Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, edited with Jennifer Kibbe and Elizabeth Mathews. He is now working on a volume about regional security in the Middle East., and a reader for World Politics. In June 1995, Dr. Spiegel received the Karpf Peace Prize, which is awarded to the UCLA professor considered to have done the most of any faculty member during the previous two years for the cause of world peace. He was the recipient of the prestigious Pew Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs in 1993 and also served as the Chair of the Liberal Arts Committee of the Commission of Arms Control and Disarmament of the International Association of University Presidents/United Nations Commission on Arms Control Education from 1992 to 1996. In the 1992 Presidential campaign, Spiegel served as the senior foreign policy advisor to the late Senator Paul Tsongas, and later as a Middle East advisor to then-Governor Bill Clinton. Professor Spiegel has also published in many well-known magazines and journals, including "The New Republic," "The National Interest," "Commentary," "Orbis," "Middle East Insight," "Middle East Quarterly," and "International Studies Quarterly." Spiegel's foreign policy reader, AT ISSUE: POLITICS IN THE WORLD ARENA, became the most popular of its kind in the United States, and was published in its seventh edition in the fall of 1993.
Review:
"This seems almost the only good text that goes through the historical development of the international system. . . .[Other strengths include] solid, well organized, information on the most important theories and issues of international relations study, presented in a way that allows for
development and exploration in class." - Scott Erb, University of Maine, Farmington
"The pedagogical tools used ("Spotlight", "At A Glance", and "What Would You Do?" features) are very strong. The discussion of international trade and finance is first-rate. The treatment of national security generally, and the relationship of nuclear strategy to arms control and disarmament
in particular, is well-conceived and executed." - Eugene P. Tadie, George Mason University
"Major strengths of this text include an excellent account of fundamental ideas of international relations; an excellent account of the basics of the history of international relations; and good discussion of contemporary transnational social issues like disease and environmental degradation."
- Chandler Rosenberger, Boston University
development and exploration in class." - Scott Erb, University of Maine, Farmington
"The pedagogical tools used ("Spotlight", "At A Glance", and "What Would You Do?" features) are very strong. The discussion of international trade and finance is first-rate. The treatment of national security generally, and the relationship of nuclear strategy to arms control and disarmament
in particular, is well-conceived and executed." - Eugene P. Tadie, George Mason University
"Major strengths of this text include an excellent account of fundamental ideas of international relations; an excellent account of the basics of the history of international relations; and good discussion of contemporary transnational social issues like disease and environmental degradation."
- Chandler Rosenberger, Boston University
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- PublisherWadsworth Pub Co
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0495007595
- ISBN 13 9780495007593
- BindingHardcover
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