Global Order: Values And Power In International Relations, Fourth Edition

by Lynn H Miller

Overview

A survey of international relations, this benchmark text explains concepts of global order from the Westphalian system to current issues in international relations. In this latest edition, Lynn Miller covers new developments in ethnic violence, economic development, human rights, intervention, and environmental issues and discusses the potential developments and choices in the post?Cold War era, posing alternative ?new world order? scenarios that emphasize improving the world's ability to engage in peacekeeping in light of the Gulf War and other recent conflicts. The text advocates critical world-order values and proposes means for minimizing violence, maximizing economic well-being, enhancing human rights, and protecting the environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429974854
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/05/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Lynn H Miller

Table of Contents

* The Best and Worst of Times * The Growth of the Westphalian System * The Twentieth-Century Challenge to Westphalian Order * Power and Values in World Society * Minimizing the Resort to Violence * The Search for Economic Well-Being * The Enhancement of Human Dignity * The Closing of the World Frontier * Toward Better Times