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International Studies: Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions / Edition 1
- ISBN-10:
- 1452241198
- ISBN-13:
- 9781452241197
- Pub. Date:
- 10/15/2018
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- ISBN-10:
- 1452241198
- ISBN-13:
- 9781452241197
- Pub. Date:
- 10/15/2018
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
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Overview
The challenge of teaching international studies is to help you think coherently about the multiple causes and effects of global problems. In International Studies: Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions, award-winning scholars Scott Straus and Barry Driscoll give you a clear framework that pinpoints how key factors—forces, interactions, and tensions—contribute to world events, with both global and local consequences.
The authors first show you how to look for common patterns in global issues by introducing four world-shaping forces: global markets, shifting centers of power, information and communications technologies, and global governance. They systematically trace how these forces prompt interactions among world actors and thus give rise to a set of tensions that spur key challenges. The framework enables you to ask and answer for yourself—Who is interacting? Where did such interactions develop? What policies or institutions govern them? Why are they getting certain global and local reactions?
You are then apply the framework to the global problems that matter most to you: human rights abuses, economic inequality, terrorism, forced migration, pandemics and global health responses, climate change, food security, and more. International Studies raises the bar for the Introduction to IS course, moving beyond interdisciplinary, and into the realm of critical analysis to increase student relevancy and motivation.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781452241197 |
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Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Publication date: | 10/15/2018 |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 472 |
Product dimensions: | 7.38(w) x 9.12(h) x (d) |
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Table of Contents
PrefaceAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTION: Global Interactions and Global Tensions A Framework for International Studies Global Interactions Global Tensions An Inside-Out/Outside-In Approach Global Forces What Is International Studies Good For? Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MorePART I: FOUNDATIONSCHAPTER ONE: The Making of Our Global Age: Forces, Interactions, and Tensions Since 1800 The First Global Age: Increasing Global Interactions Between the First and Second Global Ages: Wars, Hot and Cold, and New Interactions The Second Global Age: An Explosion of Global Finance, International Interactions, and New Tensions Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER TWO: States: Shapers and Subjects of Global Interactions The Age of States: Born from a Cycle of Interactions What Does a State Do? Where Do States Come From? Forces Shaping the Modern State The Strengths and Weaknesses of States Is the State Fit for Purpose? Modern Challenges to States Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER THREE: Intergovernmental Organizations: Sites of Global Governance Getting Along in the World IGOs: The Basics What Do IGOs Do? The United Nations: Mediating Global Tensions Do IGOs Actually Matter? Three Views Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER FOUR: Civil Society: Agents of Change in Global Interactions Who Cares About Cecil the Lion? What Is Civil Society? Who Is Civil Society? Recent History of Global Civil Society: Rise of a New Global Force Civil Society on the Global Stage How Does Civil Society Have an Impact? Criticisms of Global Civil Society Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER FIVE: Social Identities and Culture: Shaping Interactions at the Individual and Societal Levels What Are Social Identities and Culture? Global Interactions and Forces Impact Identity and Culture Which Social Identities Matter? Why Do Some Social Identities Matter More Than Others? Social Identities and Global Challenges Understanding Culture Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER SIX: Money: Propelling Global Interactions Why Global Money Matters What is Capitalism? What is Trade? Finance: Borrowers, Lenders, and Debt Currencies Floating Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MorePART II: GLOBAL CHALLENGESCHAPTER SEVEN: Democracy and Representation: Struggles for Freedom and Efforts to Restrict It What Makes Some Countries Freer Than Others? What Do Democracies Consist Of? What Do Dictatorships Consist Of? Trends in Democratization The Process of Democratization Democratic Consolidation Democracy and International Studies Themes Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER EIGHT: Human Rights: The Challenge of Setting and Enforcing Global Norms What is the Human Rights Regime? Human Rights at the UN Level: Roots of the Tension Between Universal Rights and State Sovereignty Regional Approaches to Human Rights What Roles Do Nonstate Human Rights Actors Play? Do Human Rights Work? Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER NINE: Development: The Challenge of Global Poverty What Is Development, and How Is It Measured? Why Are Some Countries Poor? How Can Developing Countries Grow Their Economies? Five Theories The Role of Foreign Aid Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER TEN: Civil Wars and Terrorism: New Global Security Challenges and Efforts to Manage Them What Are Civil Wars? What Is Terrorism? Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER ELEVEN: Migration: Confronting the Myths of Human Movement What is Migration? Trends in Global Migration: Facts and Myths Why Do People Migrate? Push, Pull, and Policy Factors The Impacts of Migration Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Can Migration Be Governed Globally? Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER TWELVE: Global Health: Addressing Inequalities in Outcomes Global Health and Forces, Interactions, and Tensions What is Global Health? Global Health Outcomes Highlight Systemic Inequalities The Global HIV and AIDS Pandemic Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER THIRTEEN: Global Environment: Confronting the Challenge of Climate Change What Is Climate Change? Empirics of Climate Change Predictions about Future Climate Change Impacts of Climate Change Responses to Climate Change: Global Governance Other Approaches to Climate Change Climate Change and Cross-Cutting Global Forces Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreCHAPTER FOURTEEN: Global Food: How Can We Solve World Hunger? Global Hunger and a Growing Population: Is There Enough Food? If There Is Enough Food, Why Do Famines Occur? Reducing Hunger: Food Security or Food Sovereignty Who Runs Global Food? Tracing Global Food: Commodity Chains Summary Key Terms Questions for Review Learn MoreGlossaryIndex