Test Bank World Politics in a New Era 6th Edition by Steven L. Spiegel
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Test Bank World Politics in a New Era 6th Edition by Steven L. Spiegel
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Test Bank World Politics in a New Era 6th Edition by Steven L. Spiegel
A uniquely in-depth treatment of the field, World Politics in a New Era, Sixth Edition, features extensive historical coverage that ranges from the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 to the present, offering students the best context to fully comprehend the modern political stage.
ISBN-10 : 0199965625
ISBN-13 : 978-0199965625
Steven L. Spiegel (Author), Elizabeth G. Matthews (Author), Jennifer M. Taw (Author), Kristen P. Williams (Author)
Table Of Contents
Maps
Special Features
Preface
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD POLITICS
Chapter 1 World Politics: Complexity and Competing Processes
CONFLICT AND COOPERATION
GLOBALIZATION VERSUS FRAGMENTATION
ANARCHY VERSUS ORDER
CONCLUSION
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Iran’s Nuclear Test
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 2 Theory and World Politics
CLIMATE CHANGE
LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
AT A GLANCE: The Prisoner’s Dilemma Game
SPOTLIGHT: The Operational Code
THEORETICAL PARADIGMS/WORLDVIEWS
THEORY IN REVIEW: International Responses to Climate Change
SUMMARY AND PREVIEW
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Giant Storms
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 3 World Politics and Economics: 1648–1945
THIRTY YEARS WAR AND THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE
AT A GLANCE: “World Wars” of the Eighteenth Century
NAPOLEONIC ERA AND ITS AFTERMATH
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH
THE BISMARCKIAN SYSTEM AND THE EVE OF WAR
THE WORLD WARS
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Russia and the Path to War
SPOTLIGHT: The Munich Analogy
CONCLUSION
THEORY IN REVIEW: Examples from 1648 to 1945
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 4 World Politics and Economics: The Cold War
CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR AND THE LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND ECONOMIC CHANGE
SPOTLIGHT: The Telegrams: Mr. X and Containment and the Novikov Telegram
THE COLD WAR IN ASIA AND THE THIRD WORLD
TROUBLE SPOTS: BERLIN, CUBA, AND VIETNAM
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Soviet Missiles in Cuba
FROM DÉTENTE TO DISCORD
AT A GLANCE: Major Arms Control Agreements of the Cold War
END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
THEORY IN REVIEW: Examples from the Cold War
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 5 Imperialism and Its Survivors
THE RISE AND FALL OF EMPIRES
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: The Costs of Imperialism
SPOTLIGHT: The Mahatma
DECLINE OF IMPERIALISM
IMPACTS OF IMPERIALISM
AT A GLANCE: Human Costs of Imperialism
CONCLUSION
THEORY IN REVIEW: Examples from Imperialism
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 6 Globalization and Fragmentation in a New World Order: 1991 to the Present
GLOBALIZATION AND FRAGMENTATION
A NEW WORLD ORDER?
SPOTLIGHT: Definitional Discord: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Genocide in Rwanda
THE TERROR OF SEPTEMBER 11 AND ITS AFTERMATH
AT A GLANCE: Arab Spring
CONCLUSION
THEORY IN REVIEW: Examples from 1991 to the Present
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
PART TWO: THE MAJOR ISSUES IN WORLD POLITICS
Chapter 7 Security Theory and Practice
REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY
ELEMENTS OF POWER
AT A GLANCE: Military Balance: The US and Other Key Countries
SPOTLIGHT: Clausewitz on War and Politics
INTERSTATE WAR
INTRASTATE WARS
HUMAN SECURITY
THEORY IN REVIEW: Security
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Challenges of Influence
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 8 Contemporary Security Issues
TRENDS IN SECURITY
SPOTLIGHT: 9 Tales of Broken Arrows: Thermonuclear Near Misses Throughout History
AT A GLANCE: International Drug Trafficking
FUTURE CHALLENGES
CONCLUSION
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: China’s Balancing Act
THEORY IN REVIEW: Nuclear Security
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 9 World Politics: Trade and Investment
TRADE
MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND
SPOTLIGHT: “Financial Contagion in the Era of Globalised Banking”
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
ECONOMIC POWER
ECONOMICS AS POLITICS
AT A GLANCE: The Euro’s Ups and Downs (and Ups!)
CONCLUSION
THEORY IN REVIEW: Trade and Investment
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Greece’s Debt Crisis
KEY TERMS
Chapter 10 World Politics: Development
WHAT DEVELOPMENT MEANS
HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
SPOTLIGHT: Tough Truths About Free Trade
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT TODAY
AT A GLANCE: Cell Phones and Development
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Promoting Development
THEORY IN REVIEW: Development
CONCLUSION
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 11 Human Issues: Demographic Trends
POPULATION
MIGRATION
SPOTLIGHT: Human Trafficking
HEALTH AND DISEASE
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Avian Flu
THEORY IN REVIEW: Demographic Issues
CONCLUSION
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 12 Resource Issues
THE ENVIRONMENT
SPOTLIGHT: Women, Gender, and the Environment
WATER
FOOD
ENERGY
CONCLUSION
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Economic Growth Versus the Environment
THEORY IN REVIEW: Resource Issues
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 13 Global Governance: International Law and Organizations
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
SPOTLIGHT: Conflict and Cooperation in the Security Council
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: The Future of the UN
CONCLUSION
THEORY IN REVIEW: Global Governance
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 14 World Politics in Context
WHAT HAVE WE COVERED SO FAR?
WHAT HAVE WE NOT YET COVERED?
SPOTLIGHT: Bad Guys Make Even Worse Allies
THE FUTURE
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: Crisis in Syria: Ethics of Intervention
CONCLUSION
DISCUSSION AND REVIEW QUESTIONS
KEY TERMS
Notes
Glossary