TY - BOOK AU - Purkitt, Helen E. TI - World politics SN - 978-0-07-339770-2 U1 - BRef. 327.05 Twenty-Ninth ed. PY - 2009/// CY - Toronto PB - McGraw-Hill N1 - Unit 1. The international system and changing world order of the twenty-first century --2. Managing interstate conflicts and the proliferation of weapons --3. Foreign policy decision making --4. Great power interstate conflicts and rivalries --5. North-south interstate conflicts and rivalries --6. Conflicts among nation-states in the global south, sub-national conflicts, and the role of non-state actors in an interdependent world --7. Asymmetric conflicts: trends in terrorism and counterterrorism --8. Contemporary foreign policy debates --9. International organizations, international law, and global governance --10. The international economic system --11. Globalizing issues ER -