Challenge and Change: Global Threats and the State in Twenty-first Century International Politics

Name: Challenge and Change: Global Threats and the State in Twenty-first Century International Politics
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan US
SKU: 9781137492647
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Noonan, Norma C.; Nadkarni, Vidya

This edited volume addresses how the state system, the organizing political institution in world politics, copes with challenges of rapid change, unanticipated crises, and general turmoil in the twenty-first century. These disruptions are occurring against the background of declining US influence and the rising power of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Traditional inter-state security concerns coexist with new security preoccupations, such as rivalries likely to erupt over the resources of the global commons, the threat of cyber warfare, the ever-present threat of terrorism, and the economic and social repercussions of globalization. The contributors explore these key themes and the challenges posed by rapid change.