Machine generated contents note: -- PART 1: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS -- What is Global Politics? -- From State System to Globalized World -- Theories and Approaches to Global Politics -- PART 2: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS -- Economics in a Global Age -- Society in a Global Age -- Nations in a Global Age -- Governance in a Global Age -- PART 3: GLOBAL ORDER -- World Orders, Old and New -- A Clash of Civilizations? -- War, Weapons and Terrorism -- Humanitarian Intervention and 'Just Wars' -- PART 4: GLOBAL JUSTICE -- Poverty, Equality and Development -- Human Rights and Democracy -- Environmental Issues -- Gender Issues -- PART 5: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE -- Global Governance and the United Nations -- Global Economic Governance -- Law and Global Politics -- Regional Integration -- PART 6: THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL POLITICS -- Prospects for Global Politics: Utopia or Dystopia?.

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