Global politics: a new introduction

Cover -- Half Ttitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Teaching with Global Politics: A New Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- THE QUESTION What does this introduction to global politics do? -- ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE How do we use illustrative examples? -- GENERAL RESPONSES What sorts of responses might there be? -- BROADER ISSUES What assumptions do we start from? -- CONCLUSION -- 2 How do we begin to think about the world? -- THE QUESTION Thinking and language -- ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE The Syrian refugee crisis -- GENERAL RESPONSES Thought experiments as ways of thinking -- BROADER ISSUES Thinking about thinking -- CONCLUSION -- 3 What happens if we don't take nature for granted? -- THE QUESTION From environment to biosphere -- ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE Climate change -- GENERAL RESPONSE SHow do we frame the issue in terms of global politics? -- BROADER ISSUES Challenging carboniferous capitalism -- CONCLUSION -- 4 Can we save the planet? -- THE QUESTION Environmental politics and social movements -- ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE The fossil fuel divestment movement -- GENERAL RESPONSES Can protest movements really change anything? -- BROADER ISSUES Individualisation, governmentality and counter-conduct -- CONCLUSION -- 5 Who do we think we are? -- THE QUESTION Narratives and politics -- ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE Feminist movements in the U.S. -- GENERAL RESPONSES How can we conceptualise identity? -- BROADER ISSUES How does group identification shape (global) politics? -- CONCLUSION -- 6 How do religious beliefs affect politics? -- THE QUESTION The role of religion today -- ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE Islamic states and movements -- GENERAL RESPONSES Do religion and politics mix? -- BROADER ISSUES Culture and religious identities -- CONCLUSION -- 7 Why do we obey? -- THE QUESTION Obedience, resistance, and force

The 2nd edition of Global Politics: A New Introduction continues to provide a completely original way of teaching and learning about world politics. The book engages directly with the issues in global politics that students are most interested in, helping them to understand the key questions and theories and also to develop a critical and inquiring perspective.Completely revised and updated throughout, the 2nd edition also offers additional chapters on key issues such as environmental politics, nationalism, the internet, democratization, colonialism, the financial crisis, political violence an

Teaching with Global politics, a new introduction -- Introduction / Jenny Edkins, Maja Zehfuss -- How do we begin to think about the world? / Véronique Pin-Fat -- What happens if we don't think in human terms? / Simon Dalby -- Who do we think we are? / Annick T.R. Wibben -- How do religious beliefs affect politics? / Peter Mandaville -- Why do we obey? / Jenny Edkins -- How do we find out what's going on in the world? / Debbie Lisle -- Why is people's movement restricted? / Roxanne Lynn Doty -- Why is the world divided territorially? / Stuart Elden -- How does the nation-state work? / Michael J. Shapiro -- Do colonialism and slavery belong to the past? / Kate Manzo -- How is the world organized economically? / V. Spike Peterson -- Why are some people better off than others? / Paul Cammack -- How can we end poverty? / Mustapha Kamal Pasha -- Why do some people think they know what is good for others? / Naeem Inayatullah -- Why does politics turn to violence? / Joanna Bourke -- What makes the world dangerous? / Michael Dillon -- What can we do to stop people harming others? / Anne Orford -- Can we move beyond conflict? / Roland Bleiker -- Conclusion : What can we do to change the world? / Maja Zehfuss