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International Politics in a Changing World
Glenn P. Hastedt
Kay M. Knickrehm, James Madison University

ISBN-10: 0205189938
ISBN-13: 9780205189939

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 576 pp
Published: 11/07/2002
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This highly praised new text provides superior coverage of IR history, focuses on the changing nature of foreign policy challenges, and ends with a unique "Regional Applications" section that drives home the regional nature of IR today.

Written in the belief that students need to know the Cold War legacy of international relations in order ro truly understand present and future IR issues, Hastedt and Knickrehm's new text provides a historical perspective and examines how foreign policy challenges have and continue to change. The book's theme of “A Changing World” focuses on the differences between Cold War policy and post-Cold War policy as an intuitive framework for better understanding the IR issues confronting us at the beginning of the 21st century. Because so many IR issues in today's world are regional in nature, a unique Regional Applications ends the text, providing a series of chapters on various regions that will help students understand key actors and potential flashpoints of politics in the 21st Century.

Companion Website (www.ablongman.com.hastedt). This robust and easy-to-use text-specific resource will engage students in the course material and help them to get better grades. For students: Interactive Practice Tests, Web Links, Summaries, and more. For instructors: downloadable graphics from the text, Web links, and teaching suggestions.

“Documenting History” boxes. Presenting actual government documents, these boxes give students a real world look at how IR has changed over time. Get students accustomed to reading and analyzing primary sources documents, and give them the opportunity to apply what they've learned to concrete examples. Topics include: CIA intelligence estimates, Pentagon papers on Vietnam, presidential statements on the Persian Gulf War, and excerpts from the UN charter.

Abundance of case studies. These in-depth case studies appear throughout the text, engaging student's critical thinking skills and enabling them to apply concepts to real-world situations.

Unique “Regional Applications” section. This series of chapters drives home and makes concrete the increasingly regional focus of world politics today. In this section, students are introduced to the geopolitics, flashpoints, and architecture of a particular region, and are given an in-depth examination of a specific issue.

Four-Color Design. Hastedt & Knickrehm features a full-color design, making the text lively and inviting for students.

An abundance of maps and photographs. Photographs throughout the book visually reinforce main concepts and a superior map program aids today's students with critical geographic skills.

Key terms in margins help students understand terms as they come across them and help them to easily identify main concepts.

Each chapter ends with “Conclusion.”

I. STUDYING WORLD POLITICS.

1. Studying World Politics in a Time of Change.

World Politics Then and Now.

Studying World Politics: Policy Makers and Analysts.

Policy Makers: Learning by Analogy.

Analysts: Learning from Theory.

2. Studying World Politics: Old and New Questions—Understanding the Cold War and Promoting Democracy.

The Cold War.

Building Democracy: Causes.

Building Democracy: Foreign Policy Initiatives.

II. BUILDING BLOCKS FOR ANALYSIS.

3. Power.

Thinking About Power.

Power Resources: What Is Important and What Is Not.

The Political-Military State.

The Trading State.

The Mentor State: A Future Possibility?

Power and Means to an End?

Power Relations.

4. International Systems.

The Concept of a System.

International Systems: Overview.

International Military Systems.

International and Global Society.

5. Foreign Policy Analysis.

North Korea and the Bomb.

Foreign Policy: What Is It?

Foreign Policy Decisions: How Are They Made?

State Craft: The Instruments of Foreign Policy.

6. International Conflict.

Counting Wars.

Classifying Wars.

Why States Go to War.

India-Pakistan.

International System Level Causes of War.

State Level Causes of War.

Individual Level Causes of War.

The Future Shape of War.

7. International Cooperation.

East Timor.

Why Cooperate.

International Law.

International Organization.

Collective Security & Concerts Revisited.

III. THE AGENDA OF WORLD POLITICS.

8. The National Security Policy Agenda.

Cold War Military Interventions.

Post Cold War Interventions.

Nuclear Deterrence.

Post-Cold War Nuclear Deterrence.

Weapons Proliferation.

9. International Economic Policy Agenda.

Globalization.

International Monetary Relations.

International Trade Relations.

Development.

Economic Sanctions.

Natural Resources.

10. The Human Security Agenda.

The Universality of Human Rights.

International Compliance with Human Rights Norms.

International Efforts at Human Rights Implementation.

Tools for Implementing Human Rights.

Human Security Issues.

IV. REGIONAL APPLICATIONS.

11. Russia and the Near Abroad.

Geopolitical Overview.

Flashpoints.

Regional Perspectives: Russia.

Regional Architecture.

Issue Focus: Postcommunist Communal Wars—Chechnya.

12. Europe.

Geopolitical Overview.

Flashpoints.

Regional Perspectives.

Regional Architecture.

Issue Focus: Crisis Management—The Balkans.

13. Asia-Pacific.

Geopolitical Overview.

Flashpoints.

Leading Regional Perspectives.

Regional Architecture.

Regional Focus: International Trade and Finance.

14. The South.

Geopolitical Overview.

Flashpoints.

Regional Perspectives: The South.

Regional Architecture.

Issue Focus: Issues in Human Rights and Community.

15. The United States and Latin America.

Geopolitical Overview.

Flashpoints.

Regional Perspective: The United States' Perspective.

Regional Architecture.

Regional Focus: The War on Drugs.

16. The Global Commons.

Geopolitical Overview.

Flashpoints.

Global Architecture.

Issue Focus.

International Relations (Political Science)

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Glenn Hastedt is a professor of political science at James Madison University where he teaches courses on American foreign policy and international relations. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University and began his teaching career at the State University of New York-Geneseo. Dr. Hastedt has edited two books on intelligence, Controlling Intelligence (Frank Cass, 1991) and Analysis and Estimates (Frank Cass, 1996). The second book is based on papers presented at a conference on intelligence held in Ottawa in October, 1994 which he helped organize. He is the author of American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future (Prentice-Hall, 3rd edition, 1997), and edits the Dushkin Publishers American Foreign Policy Annual Edition. Dr. Hastedt has published almost thirty articles and chapters, half of which address issues relating to controlling intelligence and problems of surprise in world politics. Other articles deal with arms control issues, and the changing relationship between the president and Congress. He is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Conflict Studies and serves as national director of Sigma Iota Rho, the international affairs undergraduate honor society. In 1997 he was the College of Arts and Letters Distinguished Teacher. In 1998 he was the College's Madison Scholar.

Kay Monaghan Knickrehm, Professor, received her BA from the University of Georgia and her MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Maryland. She teaches research methods, introduction to political science and Third World politics. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key and Pi Sigma Alpha honor societies. Her fields are comparative politics (Third World) and research methods. For the last two years, she has been a project leader for the Humanitarian Demining Information Center at JMU. In addition to research concerning the international consequences of the current landmine crisis, she is involved in a comparative study of public/private distinctions concerning attitudes toward domestic violence.

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