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With a new chapter on the environment, and extensive coverage of
the coronavirus pandemic and global health, Heather McKibben
continues to enliven Karen Mingst's classic, concise text. Refined
and expanded InQuizitive activities help students learn, retain and
apply key concepts to real-world events. Plus, new biweekly News
Analysis activities help students apply the main theories of the
text to contemporary real-world examples they would encounter in
the media.
With 20% new readings, this edition introduces students to key
classic and contemporary works in international relations. Readings
are contextualised with insightful headnotes written by three
leading scholars. The selections reflect diverse perspectives on
the field's major topics. New readings on issues such as populism,
cybersecurity and international cooperation reflect the current
state of global politics.
A fresh perspective renews Karen Mingst's classic, concise text. A
new chapter on international cooperation and international law
presents alternatives to war. A streamlined approach to theories
and levels of analysis makes concepts easier to understand and
apply. Expanded coverage of cybersecurity, refugees, health and the
environment asks students to grapple with the big issues of our
time. And InQuizitive-an all-new digital learning tool-helps
students learn, retain and apply key concepts.
With 30% new readings in the Eighth Edition, Essential Readings in
World Politics introduces students to key classic and contemporary
works in international relations. The selections in each chapter
reflect diverse perspectives on major topics in international
relations, and the headnotes provide the context and background
that introductory students need. In the Eighth Edition, new
readings offer diverse perspectives on current topics such the
environment, global health, China's role in the global order and
the future of globalisation.
The United Nations in the 21st Century, Sixth Edition, provides a
comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the UN. It explores
the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the
UN as well as major global trends and challenges facing the
organization today, including changing major power dynamics, new
threats to peace and security, the migration and refugee crises,
the COVID-19 pandemic, and the existential challenges of climate
change and sustainability. Thoroughly revised and expanded, it
contains two new chapters on the UN and the environment and on
human security, including issues of health, food security, global
migration, and human trafficking. There is enhanced analysis of
theoretical perspectives on post-colonialism, feminist theory,
constructivism, and non-Western views. New content has also been
added on the UN's budget crisis, public-private partnerships, and
the role of women in the organization. By examining the UN as an
intergovernmental organization facing the broader need for global
cooperation to address economic, social, and environmental
interdependencies alongside the threats posed by rising nationalism
and populism, this popular text is the perfect reference for all
students and practitioners of international organizations, global
governance, and international relations.
The United Nations in the 21st Century, Sixth Edition, provides a
comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the UN. It explores
the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the
UN as well as major global trends and challenges facing the
organization today, including changing major power dynamics, new
threats to peace and security, the migration and refugee crises,
the COVID-19 pandemic, and the existential challenges of climate
change and sustainability. Thoroughly revised and expanded, it
contains two new chapters on the UN and the environment and on
human security, including issues of health, food security, global
migration, and human trafficking. There is enhanced analysis of
theoretical perspectives on post-colonialism, feminist theory,
constructivism, and non-Western views. New content has also been
added on the UN's budget crisis, public-private partnerships, and
the role of women in the organization. By examining the UN as an
intergovernmental organization facing the broader need for global
cooperation to address economic, social, and environmental
interdependencies alongside the threats posed by rising nationalism
and populism, this popular text is the perfect reference for all
students and practitioners of international organizations, global
governance, and international relations.
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.
This book introduces intellectual and pedagogical problems in the
case method of teaching international affairs. A growing
international and interdisciplinary community of university and
secondary schoolteachers and trainers of policy officials are
introducing interactive learning methods for the classroom. This
book offers lessons for them and provides new materials suitable
for the classroom. Growing interest in interactive learning.
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. "The United States and Multilateral Institutions", now
available in paperback, examines the United States' policy in areas
ranging from international trade to human rights, and in
institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Health
Organization. This book should be of interest to undergraduates and
postgraduates in international relations and international
organizations.
This book introduces intellectual and pedagogical issues of
teaching international affairs interactively. The contributors, all
scholars and teachers, explore their experiences with using cases
in different national settings (China, Japan, Australia) and in
teaching American and non-American students both about other
geographical areas (Europe and Asia) and global issues. The cases
written for this volume are non-American centered, enabling
students to examine the interdisciplinary material
cross-nationally. The contributors show how active learning
strategies, specifically active case learning, have been used in
different cultures and evaluate their effectiveness in the
different settings. The essays illustrate the problems teachers
confront in teaching American students about other regions of the
world and how cases alleviate some of these difficulties. Specific
cases are presented to teachers and students for use in the
classroom. These cases are uniquely interdisciplinary, requiring
students to grapple with politics, economics, geography, history,
and law. Teaching International Affairs with Cases is suitable for
an interdisciplinary audience at both the university and secondary
school level, as well as for professional schools.
The African continent has long been plagued by economic problems.
During the 1970s, with famines and two oil crises, the attention of
the international donor community was riveted on Africa. In the
1980s international organizations, both governmental and private,
have responded to the African crises. One increasingly visible
organization is the African Development Bank, recently heralded by
the Wall Street Journal as "the rarest of African species: a
success." Founded in 1964 by African governments, its mandate was
to solve African problems using African resources. But the
devastation of the 1970s forced bank members to reexamine the
implications of Africanicity, and in 1982 the bank courted
nonregional members. In this first academic study of the ADB, Karen
Mingst argues that the bank is a political institution, not the
functional, economically neutral organization originally
envisioned. Using bank archives and extensive interviews with ADB
personnel, contractors, the economic development community, and
national government officials, Mingst analyzes the changing
political relationships in the ADB in three arenas:
intraorganizational politics with effects on the secretariat and on
policy issues, political relations with other development
organizations, and hegemonic politics among politically and
economically powerful state members. Particularly fascinating are
her analyses of ADB techniques to influence borrowing states and
her discussion of the cooperative and competitive relationship
between the ADB and the World Bank. Mingst concludes by comparing
the ADB with the other multilateral development banks: the
Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
This book will interest all policymakers and scholars concerned
with international organizations, economic development, and the
entire future of Africa.
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