.png){kind=icon}
Introduction to Global Politics
Learning objectives
- In this chapter you will identify key actors in international relations and discover what their roles are.
- You will begin to learn the basic terms and concepts that specialists use when they discuss international relations. These include terms like “theory,” “globalization,” and “levels of analysis.”
- You will also begin to learn the fundamentals of the concept of globalization, which is a dominant theme of this book. Chapter One sets you off on your journey of exploration.
Key concepts and terms
- Constructivism
- Cosmopolitan
- Democracy
- Domestic sources or national attributes
- Feminism
- G20, or Group of Twenty
- Global factors
- Global politics
- Global governance
- Global polity
- Globalization
- Governments
- Grotian
- Idealism
- Individual/human dimension
- International relations
- Interparadigm debate
- Kantian
- Levels of Analysis
- Liberalism
- Machiavellian
- Marxism
- Multinational corporations (MNCs)
- Nation
- Nationalism
- Nation-state
- Nongovernmentalorganizations (NGOs)
- Nonstate actors
- Normative
- Paradigms
- Paradox
- Prescriptions
- Realism
- Risk culture
- Sovereignty
- State
- Systemic factors
- Theory
- Traditions
- Transnational actors
- Transnational social movements