Pearson Edexcel A Level Global Politics
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English
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9781398345058
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Contents
Chapter 1 Theories of global politics
Getting you started
What is global politics?
Realism and liberalism
Chapter 2 The state and globalisation
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The state: nation-state and national sovereignty
The process of globalisation
To what extent does globalisation address and resolve contemporary issues?
The implications of globalisation for the nation-state and national sovereignty
Chapter 3 Global governance: political
Getting you started
What is global governance?
The United Nations
Key UN organs
How effective is the UN?
Treaties
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Chapter 4 Global governance: economic
Getting you started
What is economic global governance and why is it needed?
International trade
Poverty and development
Role of global civil society and non-state actors
Chapter 5 Global governance: human rights
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Human rights and international law
Human rights and state sovereignty
Why did humanitarian intervention increase during the 1990s?
Why have some humanitarian interventions been more successful than others?
Why has humanitarian intervention been selective?
Does Western hypocrisy undermine the principle of humanitarian intervention?
Chapter 6 Global governance: environmental
Getting you started
Why is there a need for environmental global governance?
What is climate change?
What can be done to reduce climate change?
Global governance efforts
Paris Summit (COP 21, 2015)
Chapter 7 Power and developments
Getting you started
Different types of global power
The changing balance of global power
Polarity
Systems of government: characteristics
How has the global balance of power changed since the end of the Cold War?
In what ways has the changing balance of global power impacted on contemporary global issues?
Chapter 8 Regionalism and the European Union
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Why a European Union?
Regionalism
Economic regionalism
The development of regional organisations (excluding the EU)
European integration: major factors and developments
Regionalism and global issues
Index
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