Contents Detailed contents xiii List of figures xix List of boxes xx List of tables xxv About the contributors xxvi Introduction 1 Steve Smith and John Baylis 1 The globalization of world politics 13 Jan Aart Scholte Part One The historical context 2 The evolution of international society 35 Robert H. Jackson 3 International history1900-1945 51 Susan L. Carruthers 4 International history 1945-1990 74 Len Scott 5 The end of the cold war 92 Richard Crockatt 6 International history since 1989 111 Michael Cox Part Two Theories of world politics 7 Realism 141 Tim Dunne and Brian C. Schmidt 8 Liberalism 162 Tim Dunne 9 Contemporary mainstream approaches: neo-realism and neo-liberalism 182 Steven L. Lamy 10 Marxist theories of International Relations 200 Stephen Hobden and Richard Wyn Jones 11 Reflectivist and constructivist approaches to international theory 224 Steve Smith Part Three Structures and processes 12 International and global security in the post-cold war era 253 John Baylis 13 International political economy in an age of globalization 277 Ngaire Woods 14 International regimes 299 Richard Little 15 Diplomacy 337 Brian White 16 The United Nations and international order 331 Paul Taylor 17 Transnational actors and international organizations in global politics 356 Peter Willetts Part Four International issues 18 Environmental issues 387 Owen Greene 19 Nuclear proliferation 415 Darryl Howlett 20 Nationalism 440 Fred Halliday 21 Culture in world affairs 456 Simon Murden 22 Humanitarian intervention and world politics 470 Nicholas J. Wheeler and Alex I Bellamy 23 European and regional integration 494 Thomas Christiansen 24 Global trade and finance 519 Jan Aart Scholte 25 The communications and Internet revolution 540 Jonathan Aronson 26 Poverty, development, and hunger 559 Caroline Thomas 27 Gender issues 582 Jan Jindy Pettman 28 Human rights 599 Chris Brown Part Five Globalization in the future 29 Globalization and the transformation of political community 617 Andrew Linklater 30 Globalization and the post-cold war order 634 lan Clark References 649 Index 667