The new agenda in international relations : from polarization to globalization in world politics /

This volume focuses on the problems the theory of international relations has encountered since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It contains 12 essays devoted to the new agenda--issues and perspectives of modern world affairs. Editor Lawson, James Rosenau, Fred Halliday, and Chris Brown are among the 11 scholars from Australia, the UK, and the US. The contributors analyze the changes that occurred in the discipline of international relations since the end of the Cold War. Lawson indicates, for example, that strategic polarization ended with the Cold War, and that globalization replaced it. At the same time, she points out that there could be new forms of polarization in current international affairs. Among other topics tackled in this collection are the role of states, West versus Islam, the theory and practice of international political economy, the significance of culture and ideology, the global politics of the environment, the role of the realist theory, and human rights. It is of substantial interest to students and scholars dealing with the intricacies of modern theories of international relations, economics, and related disciplines. Upper-division undergraduates and above. Y. Polsky West Chester University of Pennsylvania