List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1 • Getting Your Global Bearings: Navigating the World
Toward a Working Definition of International Studies
Different Ways of Looking at the World’s Borders
The Evolution of Globalization
Globalization: Winners and Losers
The Changing Definition of Citizenship in a Global Era
Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?
Chapter 2 • Point of Departure: Planet Earth
Getting Our Heads around the Earth: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Population and Consumption
Conclusion: What Can You Do?
Chapter 3 • Jump-Starting the Trip: The Role of Technology
The Technological Frontier
The Role of Technology in Crossing Borders
Conclusion: A Final Thought on Technology
Chapter 4 • Searching for Security: The Political World
Defining Political Borders: The Origins of the Modern State System
The Balance of Power System: Its Failures and the Outbreak of War
Conclusion: The Quest for Security
Chapter 5 • Challenges to Security
Persistent Conflict: The Case of Israel and Palestine
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
Chapter 6 • Seeking Prosperity: The Global Economy
Defining Economic Borders: A Very Short History
Beyond Bretton Woods: The Roots of Contemporary Globalization
Emerging Economic Centers
Divergent Interests and Perspectives
Conclusion: The Evolving World Economy
Chapter 7 • Challenges to Prosperity
Free Trade versus Protectionism
Transnational Investment: Blessing or Curse?
Finance and Aid: Promoting or Hindering Development?
Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
Chapter 8 • Protecting Identity: The People of the World
Cultural and Social Borders: Understanding Identity
The Study of Social and Cultural Borders
Globalization: Homogenization or Hybridization?
Conclusion: Identity at the Crossroads
Chapter 9 • Challenges to Identity
Understanding Cross-Border Conflict
Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
Chapter 10 • Managing the World: Cooperation at the Global Level
Defining the Global Order: International Law and Organizations
Interdependence and Regional Intergovernmental Organizations
Nongovernmental Organizations
The Evolution of the United Nations and Civil Society
The Expansion of International Law and the International Criminal Court
Conclusion: Compliance and Enforcement
Chapter 11 • Challenges to Cooperation
Global Health and the Threat of Disease
Conclusion: What Can Be Done?
Chapter 12 • Connecting to the World: Where Do You Go from Here?
Individual Action Towards Global Citizenship
International Studies beyond the Classroom
International Career Opportunities
Conclusion: Where Do You Go from Here?
Notes
Index