Global Politics

W. Andy Knight is Chair of the Department of Political Science University of Alberta, and past Director of the Peace and Post Conflict certificate programme in the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies (OIS). In March 2007 Dr Knight was appointed, by the Canadian Foreign Minister, to the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). He co-edited the international journal Global Governance from 2000 to 2005, was Vice-Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS), the Canadian Consortium for Peace Studies (CCPS), and the Education for Peace Academic and Research Council (EPARC). The recipient of the 2010 Harry Jerome Trailblazer Award,Tom Keating is Professor of Political Science and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. He also sits on the St Joseph College Board of Governors. As well as being the author of Canada and World Order: The Multilateralist Tradition in Canadian Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press Canada, 2001) and co-author of Building Sustainable Peace (University of Alberta Press, 2004), he has also written numerous articles on humanitarianism in Canadian foreign policy, international institutions, intervention, and state sovereignty.

• Preface and Acknowledgements ; Publisher's Preface ; Introduction: Context and Changing Perceptions of a Globe in Flux ; Re-imagining Global Politics ; Understanding Globalization ; The Context of Global Politics: Multi-Level Governance ; Outline of the Book ; PART I: INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL POLITICS ; 1. Making Sense of International Politics: Concepts, Theories, Approaches ; Early Approaches to Understanding Inter-State Relations ; Idealism/Utopianism ; Realism ; International Society ; Liberalism ; Traditional Methods and Scientific Behaviouralism ; 2. Alternative Conceptions of Global Politics ; Marxism ; Critical Theories ; 3. World Civilizations and the Origins of the International System ; A Brief History: Tribes, Clans, City-States, and Empires ; Other World Civilizations ; The Renaissance, Westphalia, and the Evolution of the European States System ; PART II: TURBULENCE AND CHANGE IN WORLD ORDER ; 4. Conceptualizing Global Change and Continuity ; Towards a Theory of Global Change and Continuity ; Conceptualizing Discontinuity in Global Politics ; Problematizing Global Change and the Persistence of Continuities ; 5. Conflict, Violence, and War in Global Politics ; War and Global Politics ; The Changing Practice of War ; Alternatives to War ; From State to Human Security ; 6. Global Structures: Historical and Contemporary Experiences ; Global Order, Globalization, and Globalism ; Empires Past and Present ; 7. Changes to the Institutions of Global Order since 1945: The UN System ; Brief History of the Founding of the United Nations ; The Multi-faceted Goals of the UN ; The UN Approach to Managing and Suppressing Conflicts ; Building Sustainable Peace ; Appendix 1: UN Member States and Dates of Membership ; Appendix 2: Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations Maintaining Liaison Offices at United Nations Headquarters ; PART III: GLOBALIZATION ; 8. Globalization's Impact on the State and the Inter-State System ; Characteristics and Drivers of Globalization ; The Political and Policy Context ; Globalization and the Theory of the State in Global Politics ; 9. The Globalization of Business and Business in Global Governance ; Multinational Corporations Defined ; Emerging Markets ; The Growth of Private Power ; Corporate Social Responsibility ; Conclusion and Future Directions ; 10. Anti-Globalization Transnational Movements ; Precursors of Counter-Globalization Movements ; Counter-Movements ; 11. Resistance Movements in the Global South ; The Ogoni Resistance Movement ; The Chipko and Green Belt Movements ; Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas ; Movimento Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra ; The Porto Alegre World Social Forum ; 12. Transnational Organized Crime ; Who Are Transnational Organized Criminals? ; Criminal Gangs and Covert Groups ; 13. Terrorism: Understanding the Causes of Radicalism and Extremism ; Terrorism as Radical Extremism ; Drawing on History to Understand Extremism ; Explaining Multiple Causes of Extremism Using 'Levels of Analysis' ; Explanations of Extremism from the Societal Level ; The Response of the United Nations to Terrorism ; PART IV: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE ; 14. Governing the Global Environment ; Environmental Issues ; A Precursor to Global Governance of the Environment ; The Launch of Global Negotiations ; Climate Change, Kyoto, and an Uncertain Future ; Environmental Governance ; 15. Governing Global Politics in an Era of Globalization ; The Evolution of Global Governance ; The Expanding Agenda of Global Governance ; Assessing Global Governance ; Conclusion: Global Politics and Utopian Realism ; Identifying the Terrain of Global Politics ; Using Theory as a Guide ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index