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John Baylis (Editor), Steve Smith (Editor), Patricia Owens (Contributor)
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December 30, 2004 0199271186 978-0199271184 3
Now in its third edition, The Globalization of World Politics has been fully revised to cover the latest developments in world politics. The book features three new chapters on International Law, Terrorism, and Social Constructivism and two updated case studies.
Written specially for those coming to the subject for the first time, this text has been carefully edited by John Baylis and Steve Smith to ensure a coherent, accessible and lively account of the globalization of world politics. As with the previous edition, there is a companion website that offers up-to-date case studies of the conflicts in Kosovo and the 1990-91 Gulf War and a new case study on Iraq. The Globalization of World Politics, Third Edition, is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in International Relations.


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"The Globalization of World Politics is superb. The volume has a succinct and lucid style, but also manages to cover a whole range of schools of thought and policy issues. If you are asked to choose one textbook in the area of international relations, this is it."--Takashi Inoguchi, University of Tokyo


"Comprehensive in its coverage, clear and concise in its presentation. An excellent teaching tool and resource."--V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona


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John Baylis is Professor and Head of Department of Politics and IR at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is also Pro-Vice Chancellor of the university. His publications include Dilemmas of World Politics, edited with N. J. Rengger (1992), The Diplomacy of Pragmatism: Britain and the Formation of NATO (1993), Ambiguity and Deterrence: British Nuclear Strategy 1945-1964 (1995) and Anglo-American Relations Since 1939: The Enduring Alliance (1998).

Steve Smith is University Vice-Chancellor and Professor of International Studies in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter. He specializes in international political theory. His publications include International Relations Theory Today, edited with Ben Booth (1995) and International Theory: Positivism and Beyond edited with Ken Booth and Marysia Zalewski (1996).

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  • Paperback: 850 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (December 30, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0199271186
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199271184
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 1.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent compilation of World Politics papers, January 11, 2007
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Globalization of World Politics is a must to read if your interest is in global affairs. It provides a better understanding to many complicated issues involving globalization.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
global governance complex, rational choice realists, greater international security, struggle for power between states, globalized states, world information economy, critical alternative view, security maximizers, forcible humanitarian intervention, global international society, transborder production, contemporary economic globalization, human protection purposes, meanings that actors, global policy networks, international environmental politics, nuclear proliferation issue, modern international society, international legal argument, offshore finance centres, disaggregated state, international environmental issues, defensive realism, democratic peace thesis, offensive realism
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United States, United Nations, Soviet Union, Security Council, New York, World Bank, Eastern Europe, European Union, First World War, Middle East, General Assembly, Cambridge University Press, League of Nations, North America, Online Resource Centre, Latin America, Bretton Woods, South Africa, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, South-East Asia, Communist Party, Polity Press, Gulf War, Social Constructivism
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