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Since the Roman Empire, leaders have used ideology to organize the masses and instil amongst them a common consciousness, and equally to conquer, assimilate, or repel alternative ideologies. Ideology has been used to help create, safeguard, expand, or tear down political communities, states, empires, and regional or world systems. This book explores the multiple effects that competing ideologies have had on the world system for the past 1,700 years: the author examines the nature and content of Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, Protestantism, secularism, balance-of-power doctrine, nationalism

This enormously successful standard work has been expanded to take into account the developments of the last 10 years, including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan; the accelerating emergence of India and China as major powers; the major political developments in Latin America, including the rise and perhaps fall of Chavez in Venezuela; the march of globalisation and the popular protest movements against; the expansion eastwards of the European Union; instability in the Middle East and the question of oil and energy supply. Marked throughout by Calvocoressi's characteristic erudition and elegance, World Politics since 1945 is essential reading for those who need to understand the great sweeps of contemporary history

This unique work looks at the relationship between psychopathology and world politics. What happens when the brain/mind ceases to function properly? How does this impinge on world affairs? What is to be done, for example, when a leader ceases to act in a seemingly sane fashion and yet still commands the loyalty of those who maintain him or her in office? What is to be done when a leader's advisers seem rational but are clearly not? Indeed, what is to be done when a whole society goes insane? This is to raise more questions than a single work can adequately answer. In lieu of a comprehensive account, which would be beyond the scope of one study, what this book does is first describe psychopathology in general terms and its relationship to world affairs. It then looks at denial in particular and at "speaking the truth" as a potentially therapeutic antidote, especially in relation to nuclear weapons. It follows this by looking at delusion in general and at what being "in touch" with reality might entail with regard to a so-called "failed state". With topics ranging from Hitler's mental health to the continuing threat of nuclear Armageddon, this book is a valuable contribution to the field of international politics and modern psychology, and will hopefully lead to a better understanding of contemporary world affairs and the global issue of conflict resolution

Machine generated contents note: Introduction * PART I: A CONTEMPORARY HISTORY * Origins of the South * The Rise of the 'New South' * Globalization and the South * PART II: STATES AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE SOUTH * Pivotal states of the South * Regionalism and the South * PART III: INSTITUTIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY SOUTH * Global Institutions, Organizations and Policy Networks of the South * The United Nations System and the South * Civil Society in the South * PART IV: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES * Trade and Development * Security and Sovereignty * The South and the Construction of World Order Introduction * PART I: A CONTEMPORARY HISTORY * Origins of the South * The Rise of the 'New South' * Globalization and the South * PART II: STATES AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE SOUTH * Pivotal states of the South * Regionalism and the South * PART III: INSTITUTIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY SOUTH * Global Institutions, Organizations and Policy Networks of the South * The United Nations System and the South * Civil Society in the South * PART IV: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES * Trade and Development * Security and Sovereignty * The South and the Construction of World Order