Global Political System

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This fully revised and updated English edition of a successful Italian text provides a sophisticated assessment of the theory and practice of world politics in the 21st century. Attinà examines the impact of issues, actors and trends on the contemporary world stage and assesses the future direction of change in global politics.

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Full title :Global Political System.

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This fully revised and updated English edition of a successful Italian text provides a sophisticated assessment of the theory and practice of world politics in the 21st century. Attinà examines the impact of issues, actors and trends on the contemporary world stage and assesses the future direction of change in global politics.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:1137285524, 9781137285522
oclc:ocn965719503
LC Classification:D863
Dewey Decimal:327.101

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 From International Relations to Global Politics: the Challenge; Understanding a smaller and more complicated world; From a realist base to a theoretical pluralism; 2 Politics as Conflict in an Asymmetric World; Theoretical and methodological paradigms; Theories of politics as conflict; 3 Politics as Cooperation in a World of Equals; Theories of politics as cooperation; Concluding remarks; 4 Global Institutions and Government; Global political institutions; Organizational institutions.

Hegemony or leadership in the governmental structure5 Global Political Change; Long-term analysis: the evolution of global political institutions; Short-term analysis: cleavages, coalitions and competitions; 6 Contemporary Global Politics; The first phase: US leadership and the Soviet challenge; The second phase: the destabilization of the world governmental structure; 7 Reorganizing the State; Global economic integration; Relations between cultures; The reorganization of states; The European case; 8 Changing International Security; The security of states as a public good.

Security cooperationGlobal terrorism…

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