An Introduction to International Relations
An Introduction to International Relations

Author: Richard Devetak

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-10-17

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 1139505602

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Invaluable to students and those approaching the subject for the first time, An Introduction to International Relations, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to international relations, its traditions and its changing nature in an era of globalisation. Thoroughly revised and updated, it features chapters written by a range of experts from around the world. It presents a global perspective on the theories, history, developments and debates that shape this dynamic discipline and contemporary world politics. Now in full-colour and accompanied by a password-protected companion website featuring additional chapters and case studies, this is the indispensable guide to the study of international relations.

US Hegemony and International Organizations
US Hegemony and International Organizations

Author: Rosemary Foot

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2003-02-27

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0191532096

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The relationship between a powerful United States of America and some of the central multilateral organizations in global society is an essential feature of contemporary international relations. 'US Hegemony and International Organizations' brings together a range of leading scholars to examine this crucial phenomenon. Its aims are two-fold: to describe and explain US behaviour in and towards a wide range of significant global and regional institutions; and secondly to examine the impact of US behavior on the capacity of each organization to meet its own objectives. The study explores US behavior and its consequences for organizations based at the regional as well as the global levels, for those located in different regions of the world, and for such issue areas as security, economics, and the environment. Although focusing on the period since the 1990s, each chapter places its findings in a broader historical context.

Contesting Global Governance
Contesting Global Governance

Author: Robert O'Brien

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-04-20

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780521774406

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A rich analysis of the increasingly important engagement between international institutions and global social movements.

The United States and Multilateral Institutions
The United States and Multilateral Institutions

Author: Margaret P. Karns

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1134893310

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World politics in the post-Cold War world has become increasingly institutionalized. However, the role of international organizations has been overlooked in much of the literature on international regimes. Now in paperback, The United States and Multilateral Institutions examines United States policy in areas ranging from international trade to human rights, and in institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), GATT and the World Health Organization.

Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy

Author: Stewart Patrick

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9781588260185

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Puzzled by the disjunction between global trends and US foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, mostly American scholars of political science, law, and economics explore the causes and consequences of US ambivalence to multilateral cooperation. They consider such dimensions as the growing influence of domestic factors, US grand strategy, the chemical weapons convention, and the International Criminal Court. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Engaging China
Engaging China

Author: Alastair Iain Johnston

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-08

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1134619405

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Engaging China is one of the first books to look at the responses of major international powers to the recent economic growth of China. Anyone interested in the financial fortunes of the Asia-Pacific region cannot afford to ignore the rise of China as an economic power since the 1970s. Economic growth coupled with increased military capability and spreading nationalism have gradually enhanced Chinas international profile. In an interesting mix of the empirical and theoretical, case studies from United States, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia illustrate Chinas developing position in the Asia-Pacific.