ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |46 pages
A
entry |3 pages
African Union
entry |5 pages
Agent-structure debate
entry |3 pages
Alliance
entry |9 pages
Al-Qaeda
entry |2 pages
Anarchy
entry |2 pages
Anti-Americanism
entry |2 pages
Appeasement
entry |2 pages
Arab League
entry |2 pages
Arms control
entry |3 pages
Arms race
entry |2 pages
Arms trade
entry |2 pages
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC)
entry |2 pages
Asian values
entry |3 pages
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
entry |2 pages
Asylum
entry |2 pages
Authority
letter |18 pages
B
entry |2 pages
Balance of power
entry |2 pages
Balance of threat
entry |2 pages
Ballistic missile defense (BMD)
entry |2 pages
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
entry |3 pages
Biodiversity
entry |2 pages
Biological weapons
entry |2 pages
Bipolarity
entry |3 pages
Bretton Woods
letter |92 pages
C
entry |3 pages
Capital controls
entry |1 pages
Capitalism
entry |3 pages
Casino capitalism
entry |1 pages
Chemical weapons
entry |3 pages
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
entry |1 pages
Civil war
entry |6 pages
Clash of civilizations
entry |3 pages
CNN factor/effect
entry |8 pages
Cold war
entry |2 pages
Collective security
entry |2 pages
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
entry |2 pages
Common security
entry |2 pages
Commonwealth
entry |2 pages
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
entry |3 pages
Communism
entry |2 pages
Communitarianism
entry |2 pages
Concert of powers
entry |3 pages
Conditionality
entry |2 pages
Confidence and security building measures
entry |10 pages
Constructivism
entry |4 pages
Containment
entry |8 pages
Corruption
entry |2 pages
Cosmopolitan democracy
entry |2 pages
Cosmopolitanism
entry |2 pages
Crimes against humanity
entry |2 pages
Crisis
entry |2 pages
Critical security studies
entry |9 pages
Critical theory
letter |40 pages
D
entry |3 pages
Debt trap
entry |1 pages
Decolonization
entry |3 pages
Deconstruction
entry |2 pages
Democratic deficit
entry |2 pages
Democratic peace
entry |2 pages
Democratization
entry |2 pages
Dependency
entry |3 pages
Desertification
entry |2 pages
Deterrence
entry |10 pages
Development
entry |1 pages
Diaspora
entry |3 pages
Diplomacy
entry |1 pages
Disarmament
entry |2 pages
Discourse
entry |3 pages
Disintermediation
letter |65 pages
E
entry |11 pages
Embedded liberalism
entry |8 pages
Empire
entry |9 pages
End of history
entry |4 pages
English School
entry |2 pages
Epistemic community
entry |1 pages
Ethnic cleansing
entry |12 pages
Ethnic conflict
entry |2 pages
Ethnicity
entry |2 pages
Euro
entry |3 pages
European Common Security and Defense Policy (CESDP)
entry |9 pages
European Union (EU)
entry |2 pages
Extraterritoriality
letter |34 pages
F
entry |9 pages
Failed state
entry |2 pages
Famine
entry |9 pages
Feminism
entry |2 pages
Foreign aid
entry |3 pages
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
entry |3 pages
Foundationalism/anti-foundationalism
entry |2 pages
Fourth world
entry |2 pages
Free trade
entry |2 pages
Functionalism
letter |65 pages
G
entry |3 pages
Game theory
entry |2 pages
Gender
entry |3 pages
Gendercide
entry |2 pages
Genealogy
entry |3 pages
Genocide
entry |1 pages
Geopolitics
entry |9 pages
Global cities
entry |2 pages
Global civil society
entry |3 pages
Global Compact
entry |2 pages
Global financial center
entry |5 pages
Global governance
entry |8 pages
Globalization
entry |9 pages
Global warming
entry |2 pages
Good governance
entry |3 pages
Great powers
entry |2 pages
Group of Eight (G8)
entry |4 pages
Group of 77 (G77)
entry |2 pages
Groupthink
letter |33 pages
H
entry |3 pages
Hegemonic stability theory
entry |2 pages
Hegemony
entry |3 pages
Hermeneutics
entry |6 pages
Historical sociology
entry |2 pages
Human capabilities
entry |9 pages
Humanitarian intervention
entry |8 pages
Human rights
letter |79 pages
I
entry |3 pages
Identity/difference
entry |2 pages
Imagined community
entry |2 pages
Imperialism
entry |10 pages
Information revolution
entry |1 pages
Integration
entry |2 pages
Interdependence
entry |3 pages
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
entry |2 pages
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
entry |2 pages
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
entry |2 pages
International Criminal Court (ICC)
entry |3 pages
International Labor Organization (ILO)
entry |10 pages
International law
entry |5 pages
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
entry |11 pages
International political economy (IPE)
entry |3 pages
International public goods
entry |1 pages
International society
entry |2 pages
International system
entry |3 pages
Inter-paradigm debate
entry |2 pages
Irredentism
entry |7 pages
Islam
entry |3 pages
Isolationism
letter |9 pages
J
entry |9 pages
Just war
letter |3 pages
K
entry |3 pages
Kyoto Protocol
letter |31 pages
L
entry |3 pages
Labor internationalism
entry |9 pages
Law of Peoples
entry |2 pages
Law of the sea
entry |2 pages
League of Nations (LON)
entry |2 pages
Legitimacy
entry |3 pages
Levels of analysis
entry |10 pages
Liberal internationalism
letter |41 pages
M
entry |3 pages
Managed trade
entry |10 pages
Marxism
entry |1 pages
Mercantilism
entry |2 pages
Mercenary
entry |4 pages
Microstates
entry |1 pages
Middle power
entry |3 pages
Misperception
entry |2 pages
Modernization
entry |3 pages
Money laundering
entry |2 pages
Most-Favored-Nation (MFN)
entry |2 pages
Multiculturalism
entry |3 pages
Multilateralism
entry |2 pages
Multinational corporation (MNC)
entry |3 pages
Mutually assured destruction (MAD)
letter |54 pages
N
entry |3 pages
National interest
entry |7 pages
Nationalism
entry |12 pages
Nation-state
entry |2 pages
Neocolonialism
entry |10 pages
Neoliberalism
entry |2 pages
Neomedievalism
entry |3 pages
Newly industrializing country (NIC)
entry |2 pages
Non-governmental organization (NGO)
entry |2 pages
Non-offensive defense
entry |2 pages
Non-tariff barrier (NTB)
entry |3 pages
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
entry |2 pages
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
entry |2 pages
Nuclear proliferation
entry |2 pages
Nuclear utilization theory (NUT)
letter |21 pages
O
entry |3 pages
Offshore
entry |9 pages
Order
entry |2 pages
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
entry |3 pages
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
entry |2 pages
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
entry |2 pages
Ozone depletion
letter |73 pages
P
entry |3 pages
Pacifism
entry |2 pages
Pandemic
entry |2 pages
Partition
entry |2 pages
Patriotism
entry |3 pages
Peace-building
entry |3 pages
Peace enforcement
entry |2 pages
Peacekeeping
entry |3 pages
Peace studies
entry |2 pages
Pluralism
entry |2 pages
Polarity
entry |12 pages
Political risk analysis
entry |3 pages
Population growth
entry |8 pages
Postcolonialism
entry |2 pages
Post-Fordism
entry |1 pages
Post-positivism
entry |8 pages
Poststructuralism
entry |5 pages
Power
entry |2 pages
Power transition theory
entry |2 pages
Pre-emptive use of force
entry |2 pages
Preferential trade agreement (PTA)
entry |3 pages
Preventive diplomacy
entry |1 pages
Prisoner's dilemma
letter |40 pages
R
entry |3 pages
Rationality
entry |6 pages
Realism
entry |3 pages
Reciprocity
entry |1 pages
Recognition
entry |2 pages
Reflexivity
entry |3 pages
Refugee
entry |1 pages
Regime
entry |1 pages
Regionalism
entry |2 pages
Regional trade bloc
entry |3 pages
Relative/absolute gains
entry |2 pages
Restorative justice
entry |2 pages
Revolution
entry |9 pages
Revolution in military affairs (RMA)
entry |2 pages
Rogue state
letter |55 pages
S
entry |2 pages
Sanctions
entry |2 pages
Secession
entry |3 pages
Security
entry |2 pages
Security community
entry |2 pages
Security dilemma
entry |8 pages
Self-determination
entry |2 pages
Socialism
entry |3 pages
Solidarism
entry |8 pages
Sovereignty
entry |2 pages
Standard of civilization
entry |8 pages
State formation
entry |3 pages
Strategic culture
entry |2 pages
Structural adjustment program (SAP)
entry |2 pages
Structural violence
entry |2 pages
Suicide terrorism
entry |2 pages
Superpower
entry |2 pages
Sustainable development
letter |27 pages
T
entry |10 pages
Terrorism
entry |8 pages
Third way
entry |2 pages
Third World
entry |3 pages
Transnational crime
entry |1 pages
Transnational social movement (TSM)
entry |3 pages
Trusteeship
letter |14 pages
U
entry |10 pages
United Nations (UN)
entry |2 pages
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
entry |2 pages
Uti possidetis
letter |44 pages
W
entry |9 pages
War
entry |2 pages
War crime
entry |3 pages
War rape
entry |2 pages
Weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
entry |2 pages
Westphalia
entry |2 pages
Women and development
entry |9 pages
World Bank
entry |3 pages
World Health Organization (WHO)
entry |2 pages
World-system theory
entry |10 pages
World Trade Organization (WTO)
letter |3 pages
Z
entry |3 pages
Zone of peace
