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This course is designed as an introduction and a road map for the Global Studies major before students choose to specialize on one of the three broad tracks: International Relations, Global Political Economy, and Global Sustainability. This course is interdisciplinary and thematic. It provides and overview of the theoretical frameworks that students can use to analyze the three streams of study in the program. This course offers a detailed study and analysis of the political, economic, social, historical and cultural patterns that define globalization and global order. It will offer diverse and meaningful explanations of globalization, along with its various problems and potential solutions.
This second edition provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to international relations, its tradition and its changing nature in an era of globalization. Besides an introductory chapter, this book consists of 35 chapters divided into 3 parts. Part 1 introduces theories of international relations; Part 2 presents the traditional agenda of international relations focusing on states, war and law; and Part three presents the new agenda of international relations focusing on globalization and global governance. It presents a global perspective on the theories, history, developments and debates that shape this dynamic discipline and contemporary world politics.
This book covers a broad spectrum of issues and opportunities surrounding modern globalization. It questions how radical a bread the current state of globalization is from previous developments, analyzes the global economy and the role of transnational corporations within global economy, and discusses labor standards. Besides, with a focus on Europe and North America, the book also discusses global governance, looks at the existing international economic institutions, and presents policy implications and responses. The book reaches the conclusion that globalization is not new, natural, or inevitable, but rather that current global arrangements are the result of corporate pressure and the choices of politicians.
Reflecting on the conditions, processes and outcomes of neoliberal-era developmental politics, this book explores a vitally important and topical aspect of developmentalism. It is organized into three parts. Part 1 deals with critical theoretical and historical aspects of developmental politics in the neoliberal era. Part 2 deals with developmental politics of developing political economics. Part 3 deals with developmental politics of developed political economies. Case studies from China, Vietnam, India, Brazil, Uganda, South Korea, Ireland, and Australia, cover the experiences of neoliberal-era developmental politics in East and South Asia, Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Australia.
This handbook draws from the ten-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science. It provides a concise and solid introduction to political science and its ten sub-disciplines, which are political theory; political institutions; political behavior; comparative politics; international relations; political economy; law and politics; public policy; contextual political analysis; and political methodology. In the introductory part, the editor Goodin discusses the past, present, and future of the discipline. In the main body of the book, 67 of the top political scientists worldwide survey recent developments in those fields and present 52 essays altogether to provide penetrating introductions in those fields.
