Ebook: World Politics: Interests, Interactions, Institutions

Preface -- Pedagogical features -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: What is world politics and why do we study it? -- Part 1. Foundations -- Chapter 2: Understanding interests, interactions, and institutions -- Part 2. War and peace -- Chapter 3: Why are there wars? -- Chapter 4: Domestic politics and war -- Chapter 5: International institutions and war -- Chapter 6: Violence by nonstate actors: Civil war and terrorism -- Part 3. International political economy -- Chapter 7: International trade -- Chapter 8: International financial relations -- Chapter 9: International monetary relations -- Chapter 10: Development: Causes of the wealth and poverty of nations -- Part 4. Transnational politics -- Chapter 11: International law and norms -- Chapter 12: Human rights -- Chapter 13: The global environment -- Part 5. Looking ahead -- Chapter 14: Challenges to the global order