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The process of globalization has created new challenges for policymakers attempting to reap its benefits and manage its effects. Organized into six sections, this volume pulls together work on global governance that examines these challenges and looks at the patterns of governance that emerge.

Highlighting primary scholarly accomplishments in the field, this title frames the sub-field of Globalization and documents the fundamental milestones in thinking about and understanding this phenomenon. It covers forms, origins, and causes; political dimensions and implications; economic and financial impacts; and the future of globalization.

Regionalism has regained momentum in the post-Cold War era. This collection of seminal articles on regionalism advances theoretical concepts that can stimulate useful comparisons, along with scholarly surveys of important instances of regionalism in the contemporary world.

International relations theory is a diverse and constantly evolving area of scholarly research reflecting the fluctuations in world politics. This title brings together research papers published on this subject over the years. Divided into five thematic sections, it offers the reader an overview of developments and debates in this area of study.

Reviews the contentious approaches to addressing global and transboundary environmental threats. This volume collects together the literature on the major political approaches to dealing with these problems, their histories, major debates, and research frontiers.

International law has effects in international relations, and the politics of international relations often determines the ability of states to make international law and to comply with international law. This volume defines the relationship between the analytical tools of international law and international politics, and integrates these tools.

Offers a different dimension to realist theories about world politics. This title questions both the theoretical and empirical foundations of much of traditional realist thought by presenting realist-oriented analyses that emphasize the possibilities of cooperation and accommodation through agreement over common motivations and concerns.

Offers an historical and comparative overview of the literature, theory, practices and critiques of what has been variously labeled "global" or "transnational" civil society, which includes a range of nonstate actors, political, social and economic.

A collection of articles and papers that presents a variety of perspectives on key topics in international security and conflict. It draws on international scholars working from different kinds of theories (realist, liberal-institutionalist, and constructivist) and research methods to ask why nation-states may fight violently or stay at peace.

Features essays that represent diverse views about foreign policy and the international context in which it takes place. This work is organized into five sections: how to think about foreign policy, the domestic context, foreign policy and unipolarity, foreign policy after 9/11, and foreign policy and the future.