Global politics

Global Politica A New Introduction is essential reading for core courses on world politics, international politics and international relations. It examines the most significant issues in global politics-from war, peacebuilding, terrorism, security and authority to poverty, development, postcolonialism, human rights, gender, inequality, ethnicity and what we can do to change the world. It provides the following key features:

• 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

• 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

draws on theoretical perspectives from a broad range of disciplines including international relations, political theory, postcolonial studies, sociology.

geography, peace studies and development

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 podcast interviews with contributors, weblinks and downloadable maps

• features an international line-up of leading scholars.

Jenny Edkins is Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University.

Maje Zehfuss is Professor of International Politics at the University of Manchester.