The Globalization of World Politics

The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations is an introduction to international relations (IR) and offers comprehensive coverage of key theories and global issues. Edited by John Baylis, Patricia Owens, and Steve Smith.^[1] It has nine editions,^[2][3] first published in 1997, in this book leading scholars in the field introduce readers to the history, theory, structures, and key issues in IR, providing students with an ideal introduction and a constant guide throughout their studies.^[4][5][6][7]

The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (6th ed)

First edition
Editors	Patricia Owens, John Baylis, Steve Smith
Language	English
Genre	Nonfiction
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	1997
Media type	Paperback, Hardback
Pages	648
ISBN	978-0-19-965617-2
OCLC	174500731
Dewey Decimal	327 22
LC Class	JZ1242 .G58 2008

About the Author

Patricia Owens is author and professor. She is a Tutorial Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford and a professor of International Relations at University of Oxford.^[8]

John Baylis is emeritus professor of politics and international relations and a former pro vice chancellor at Swansea University.^[9]

Steve Smith is the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Exeter and Professor of International Studies.

Table of contents

Part One: International relations in a global era

• 1 "Introduction: from international politics to world politics" — John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens
• 2 "Globalization and global politics" — Anthony McGrew

Part Two: The historical context

• 3 "The evolution of international order" — George Lawson
• 4 "International history of the twentieth century" — Len Scott
• 5 "From the end of the cold war to the new world dis-order" — Michael Cox
• 6 "Rising powers and the emerging global order" — Andrew Hurrell

Part Three: Theories of world politics

• 7 "Liberal Internationalism" — Tim Dunne
• 8 "Marxist theories of international relations" — Stephen Hobden and Richard Wyn Jones
• 9 "Realism" — Or Rosenboim
• 10 "Feminism" — Helen M. Kinsella
• 11 "Post colonial and decolonial approaches" — Meera Sabaratnam
• 12 "Poststructuralism" — Lene Hansen
• 13 "Social constructivism" — Michael Barnett

Part Four: Structures and processes

• 14 "War and world politics" — Tarak Barkawi
• 15 "International and global security" — John Baylis
• 16 "Global political economy" — Nicola Phillips
• 17 "Gender" — Paul Kirby
• 18 "Race in world politics" — Robbie Shilliam
• 19 "International law" — Christian Reus-Smit
• 20 "International organizations in world politics" — Susan Park
• 21 "The United Nations" — Paul Taylor and Devon Curtis
• 22 "NGOs in world politics" — Jutta Joachim
• 23 "Regionalism in international affairs" — Edward Best and Thomas Christiansen

Part Five: International issues

• 24 "Environmental issues" — John Vogler
• 25 "Global health" — Sophie Harman
• 26 "Refugees and forced migration" — Ariadna Estévez
• 27 "Poverty, hunger and development" — Tony Evans
• 28 "Global trade and global finance" — Matthew Watson
• 29 "Terrorism and globalization" — James D. Kiras
• 30 "Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction" — Sheena Chestnut Greitens
• 31 "Nationalism, national self-determination and international relations" — John Breuilly
• 32 "Human rights" — Ratna Kapur
• 33 "Humanitarian intervention in world politics" — Alex J. Bellamy and Nicholas J. Wheeler