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Table of Contents

Controversy boxes and maps.
Preface.
About the Authors.
Part I: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION IN WORLD POLITICS.
1. Exploring Twenty-First-Century World Politics.
2. Theories of World Politics.
Part II: THE GLOBE'S ACTORS AND THEIR RELATIONS.
3. Foreign Policy Decision Making.
4. Great-Power Rivalries and Relations.
5. The Global South in a World of Powers.
6. Nonstate Actors in a System of States.
7. Humanitarian Challenges and the Protection of Human Rights.
Part III: THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL WELFARE.
8. Globalization and the Prospects for Global Governance.
9. Money and Markets in the Global Political Economy.
10. Population and Resource Pressures on the Global Environment.
Part IV: MANAGING GLOBAL CONFLICT.
11. The Transformation of Armed Conflict.
12. Military Power, Coercive Diplomacy, and National Security.
13. The Realist Road to Security Through Alliances, Arms Control, and the Balance of Power.
14. The Liberal Institutional Paths to Peace.
Part V: THE PROBLEMATIC TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
15. Twelve Questions About Twenty-First-Century Global Prospects.
References.
Photo Credits.
Author Index.
Subject Index.