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    Global Politics: A New Introduction (Paperback) Edited by Jenny Edkins, Edited by Maja Zehfuss

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    Short Description for Global PoliticsExamines various issues in global politics - from war, peace building, terrorism, security and authority to poverty, development, post colonialism, human rights, gender, inequality, ethnicity and what we can do to change the world. This book is suitable for courses on world politics, international politics and international relations.
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  • "Global Politics: A New Introduction" is an innovative new textbook that provides a completely original way of teaching and learning about world politics. The book engages directly with the issues in global politics that students are most interested in, helping them to understand the key questions and theories and also to develop a critical and inquiring perspective."Global Politics: A New Introduction" examines the most significant issues in global politics - from war, peace building, terrorism, security and authority to poverty, development, post colonialism, human rights, gender, inequality, ethnicity and what we can do to change the world. Each chapter is written to a common structure which is ideal for teaching and learning and features a key question, an illustrative example, general responses and larger issues.This book integrates theory and practice throughout the text, by presenting theoretical ideas and concepts in conjunction with a global range of historical and contemporary case studies. It draws on theoretical perspectives from a broad range of disciplines including international relations, political theory, post colonial studies, sociology, geography, peace studies, development. It is extensively illustrated throughout with 169 maps, photos, figures and cartoons as well as extensive pedagogic features to further learning, including a support website which provides pod cast interviews with contributors, web links and download able maps. This book features an international line-up of leading scholars. "Global Politics: A New Introduction" is an original, groundbreaking, engaged and intellectually stimulating textbook for core courses on world politics, international politics and international relations.