International political theory: an introduction

Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- International political theory -- Four strands -- Chapter outline -- Further reading -- Chapter 1 Authority -- Two versions of authority -- Problem(s) of international or global authority -- The authority of the UN -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Chapter 2 Rules and Laws -- Rules -- Natural law -- Positive law -- International law -- Kant and law -- Responsibility to protect -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Chapter 3 Rights and Responsibilities -- Rights -- The history of human rights -- Foundations of human rights -- Politics and human rights -- Responsibilities -- The United Nations, rights and responsibilities -- John Stuart Mill and rights -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Chapter 4 Wealth -- Justice and equality -- Adam Smith and the invisible spectator -- Karl Marx and the liberation of the human person -- Rawls and global justice -- Peter Singer and global utilitarianism -- Rules and authority in the global political economy -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Chapter 5 Violence -- The politics of war and violence -- Classical approaches -- The just war tradition -- Making judgements about war -- Hugo Grotius -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Chapter 6 Nature -- Nature and politics -- The environment and politics -- Aristotle, nature and virtue -- Some international political theories of climate change -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Chapter 7 Belief -- Belief, religion and relativism -- The right to recognition -- The politics of pluralism -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.