• ISBN13: 9788126937967
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: August 24, 2024
• Pages: 664
• Original Price: INR 695.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 380 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Political Process / General

This multi-authored textbook helps to critically understand the major concepts, theories and issues of international politics in a constantly changing environment. Designed as a core textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students, this book provides a roadmap to orient students to the main concepts, theories and issues in world politics today. Each chapter provides an analytical overview of the issues addressed, identifies the central actors and perspectives, and outlines past progress and future prospects. The highlight of the book is a critical overview of the major theories of international politics apart from a fairly detailed chapter on India’s foreign policy. This revised edition includes new chapters on the impacts of globalization, regionalism and global politics and perspectives from the global South. Debates and discourses on contemporary issues such as terrorism, human rights, development, security and the role and relevance of international organizations have been updated to suit recent curriculum requirements. Key Features • Critical overview of the major theories and issues of international politics • Updated data added with illustrations in every chapter • Each chapter aided by model questions for classroom discussion

Rumki Basu, Former Professor, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

• List of Tables xiii
• List of Boxes xv
• List of Abbreviations xvii
• Preface to the First Edition xxiii
• Preface to the Second Edition xxv
• About the Editor and Contributors xxvii
• Introduction xxix

• PART A: CONCEPTS

• 1
• CHAPTER 1 Cold War and Beyond 3
• Farah Naaz
• CHAPTER 2 The Nation State System: National Power, Balance of Power and
• Collective Security 17
• S. R. T. P. Sugunakara Raju
• CHAPTER 3 Role of National Interest 51
• Farah Naaz
• CHAPTER 4 Colonialism and Neocolonialism: Impact of Decolonization 64
• Furqan Ahmad
• CHAPTER 5 Disarmament, Arms Control and Nuclear Proliferation 88
• M. Muslim Khan

• PART B: THEORIES 113

• CHAPTER 6 Liberalism 115
• Farah Naaz
• CHAPTER 7 Realism 127
• Rumki Basu
• CHAPTER 8 Marxism 138
• Krishna Swamy Dara
• CHAPTER 9 Feminism 161
• Krishna Swamy Dara
• vi INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
• CHAPTER 10 Postmodernism and Constructivism in International Relations 180
• Krishna Swamy Dara

• PART C: ISSUES 199

• CHAPTER 11 Globalization: Meaning and Dimensions 201
• Sucharita Sengupta
• CHAPTER 12 The United Nations: Changing Role 213
• Rumki Basu
• CHAPTER 13 The Global Environment: Issues and Debates 242
• Rumki Basu
• CHAPTER 14 Terrorism 258
• Adnan Farooqui
• CHAPTER 15 Development and Security: Changing Paradigms 268
• Rumki Basu
• CHAPTER 16 Eurocentrism and IR Theory: Perspectives from the Global South 287
• Sucharita Sengupta

• PART D: INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY AND BILATERAL RELATIONS 295

• CHAPTER 17 Basic Determinants of India’s Foreign Policy and Bilateral Relations 297
• Mohammed Badrul Alam