The Global Future: A Brief Introduction to World Politics

Kegley, Charles; Raymond, Gregory

ISBN 10: 1133608485 / ISBN 13: 9781133608486

Published by Cengage Learning, 2012

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Synopsis:

THE GLOBAL FUTURE: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO WORLD POLITICS helps you understand contemporary events and emerging global trends through a briefer, less expensive text. Every chapter contains thought-provoking case studies, box inserts with rival views on current controversies, a marginal glossary, as well as vivid graphs, maps, and photographs. Centering on the latest international developments, this text encourages you to form your own opinions about the pressing security, economic, and environmental problems of the twenty-first century.

About the Authors: Charles William Kegley is a past president of the International Studies Association. He served on the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Board of Trustees for two decades, which in 2023 founded the annual Kegley Lectureship. He holds the title of Pearce Distinguished Professor of International Relations Emeritus at the University of South Carolina. A graduate of the American University (B.A.) and Syracuse University (Ph.D.) and a Pew Faculty Fellow at Harvard University, Dr. Kegley previously served on the faculty at Georgetown University and has held visiting professorships at the University of Texas, Rutgers University, the People's University of China and the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Études Internationales Et du Developpement in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association. A founding partner of Kegley International, Inc. (a publishing, research and consulting foundation), Dr. Kegley has authored more than 50 scholarly books and over 100 journal articles.

Gregory A. Raymond is a University Distinguished Professor at Boise State University, where he holds the the Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs. Raymond has received nine major teaching awards, including Idaho Professor of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and has published numerous articles articles and books, including THIRD WORLD POLITICS OF INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS, which received an Outstanding Academic Book Award from the American Library Association. Together Kegley and Raymond have coauthored and/or coedited nine books on foreign policy and world politics as well as more than two dozen published articles. A graduate of Park College and the University of South Carolina, Raymond was a Pew Faculty Fellow at Harvard University.

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Title: The Global Future: A Brief Introduction to ...
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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Edition: 5th or later Edition