The study of international relations has changed rapidly in recent years. Firstly as a consequence of major political and economic change - the end of the cold war and the fall of communism, the resurgence of nationalism, terrorism and forms of fundamentalism, globalization - and secondly, linked with these developments, because of the vitality of the discipline, with ongoing debates on the fundamental paradigms for the understanding of international relations and the emergence of the perspectives of feminism, postmodernism, constructivism and critical theory.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics provides a unique reference source for students and academics covering all aspects of global international relations and the contemporary discipline across IR's major subject divisions of diplomacy, military affairs, international political economy, and theory. Written by a distinguished group of international scholars, the Encyclopedia is largely comprised of substantial entries of more than 1,000 words, with fifty major entries of 5,000 words on core contemporary topics. Each entry is fully cross-referenced and followed by a listing of complementary entries and a short bibliography for further reading. The whole is comprehensively indexed.
There is no other resource of its kind and the Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics will be an extremely valuable addition to all libraries supporting teaching and research in the social sciences.
A; African Union; Agent-structure debate; Alliance; Al-Qaeda; Anarchy; Anti-Americanism; Appeasement; Arab League; Arms control; Arms race; Arms trade; Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC); Asian values; Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); Asylum; Authority; B; Balance of power; Balance of threat; Ballistic missile defense (BMD); Bank for International Settlements (BIS); Biodiversity; Biological weapons; Bipolarity; Bretton Woods; C; Capital controls; Capitalism; Casino capitalism; Chemical weapons; Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); Civil war; Clash of civilizations; CNN factor/effect; Cold war; Collective security; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Common security; Commonwealth; Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); Communism; Communitarianism; Concert of powers; Conditionality; Confidence and security building measures; Constructivism; Containment; Corruption; Cosmopolitan democracy; Cosmopolitanism; Crimes against humanity; Crisis; Critical security studies; Critical theory; D; Debt trap; Decolonization; Deconstruction; Democratic deficit; Democratic peace; Democratization; Dependency; Desertification; Deterrence; Development; Diaspora; Diplomacy; Disarmament; Discourse; Disintermediation; E; Embedded liberalism; Empire; End of history; English School; Epistemic community; Ethnic cleansing; Ethnic conflict; Ethnicity; Euro; European Common Security and Defense Policy (CESDP); European Union (EU); Extraterritoriality; F; Failed state; Famine; Feminism; Foreign aid; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Foundationalism/anti-foundationalism; Fourth world; Free trade; Functionalism; G; Game theory; Gender; Gendercide; Genealogy; Genocide; Geopolitics; Global cities; Global civil society; Global Compact; Global financial center; Global governance; Globalization; Global warming; Good governance; Great powers; Group of Eight (G8); Group of 77 (G77); Groupthink; H; Hegemonic stability theory; Hegemony; Hermeneutics; Historical sociology; Human capabilities; Humanitarian intervention; Human rights; I; Identity/difference; Imagined community; Imperialism; Information revolution; Integration; Interdependence; International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); International Criminal Court (ICC); International Labor Organization (ILO); International law; International Monetary Fund (IMF); International political economy (IPE); International public goods; International society; International system; Inter-paradigm debate; Irredentism; Islam; Isolationism; J; Just war; K; Kyoto Protocol; L; Labor internationalism; Law of Peoples; Law of the sea; League of Nations (LON); Legitimacy; Levels of analysis; Liberal internationalism; M; Managed trade; Marxism; Mercantilism; Mercenary; Microstates; Middle power; Misperception; Modernization; Money laundering; Most-Favored-Nation (MFN); Multiculturalism; Multilateralism; Multinational corporation (MNC); Mutually assured destruction (MAD); N; National interest; Nationalism; Nation-state; Neocolonialism; Neoliberalism; Neomedievalism; Newly industrializing country (NIC); Non-governmental organization (NGO); Non-offensive defense; Non-tariff barrier (NTB); North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Nuclear proliferation; Nuclear utilization theory (NUT); O; Offshore; Order; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); Ozone depletion; P; Pacifism; Pandemic; Partition; Patriotism; Peace-building; Peace enforcement; Peacekeeping; Peace studies; Pluralism; Polarity; Political risk analysis; Population growth; Postcolonialism; Post-Fordism; Post-positivism; Poststructuralism; Power; Power transition theory; Pre-emptive use of force; Preferential trade agreement (PTA); Preventive diplomacy; Prisoner's dilemma; R; Rationality; Realism; Reciprocity; Recognition; Reflexivity; Refugee; Regime; Regionalism; Regional trade bloc; Relative/absolute gains; Restorative justice; Revolution; Revolution in military affairs (RMA); Rogue state; S; Sanctions; Secession; Security; Security community; Security dilemma; Self-determination; Socialism; Solidarism; Sovereignty; Standard of civilization; State formation; Strategic culture; Structural adjustment program (SAP); Structural violence; Suicide terrorism; Superpower; Sustainable development; T; Terrorism; Third way; Third World; Transnational crime; Transnational social movement (TSM); Trusteeship; U; United Nations (UN); United Nations Development Program (UNDP); Uti possidetis; W; War; War crime; War rape; Weapons of mass destruction (WMD); Westphalia; Women and development; World Bank; World Health Organization (WHO); World-system theory; World Trade Organization (WTO); Z; Zone of peace
