(Ebook) The Global Political System by Fulvio Attina ISBN 9781403995865, 1403995869

(Ebook) The Global Political System by Fulvio Attina ISBN 9781403995865, 1403995869

What can international relations tell us about the world political system?The global political system is frequently seen as one in which a few states – the great powers – lay down the law, but no state is obliged to conform to common rules and policies. There is some truth in this vision but it is a very restrictive view which does not reflect the true nature of world politics. This book, therefore, aims to go beyond this limited view. In the first part (Chapters 1–3), it looks at the principal schools of International Relations (IR) and offers a framework for understanding the politics and policies of the global system and the role of states and other actors within it. In the second part it applies this theoretical and conceptual framework to the analysis of crucial questions, such as the effects of globalization on the state and on international security, and to the analysis of new global policies in response to problems such as environmental degradation,pandemics and the containment of transnational organized crime. In particular, in the second part we intend to show that only by granting states and non-state subjects of the world system the status of agency is it possible to explain adequately contemporary global politics.