The Global Political System

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Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication 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 structure 5 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 cooperation Global terrorism 9 The New Global Policies Environmental policy Migration policy Human rights policy and democracy The control of transnational organized crime Health protection policy Conclusions Conclusions References Index