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Author Profile

Emeritus Dr. N. Subramaniam is a well known authority and a Political Scientist. He has a distinguished academic career, M.A. and Ph.D., LL.B. has been a visiting Prof. at vatious alien universities. He has been closely associated with a variety of educational, administrative and research body. He has several articles to his credit.

About The Book

World Politics, as we see it now, has had a chequered historyof continuous strifes, devastating wars, consequent peace treaties, Industrialisation and economic development, trade and commerce and of affluence and pauperism. World Politics provides an indepth understanding of political institutions and processes around the world at the national, crossnational and international levels. Global politics names both the discipline that studies the political and economical patterns of the world and the field that is being studied. At the centre of that field are the different processes of political globalization in relation to questions of social power. Power is the capacity to direct the decisions and actions of others, Power derives from strength and will. Strength comes from the transformation of resources into capabilities. Will infuses objectives with resolve. Strategy marshals capabilities and brings them to bear with precision. Statecraft seeks through strategy to magnify the mass, relevance, impact, and Irresistibility of power. It guides the ways the state deploys and applies its power abroad. These ways embrace the arts of war, espionage, and diplomacy. The practitioners of these three arts are the paladins of statecraft. The discipline studies the relationships between cities, nation states, shellstates, multinational corporations, nongovernmental organizations and international organizations. Current areas of discussion include national and ethnic conflict regulation, democracy and the politics of national selfdetermination, globalization and its relationship to democracy, conflict and peace studies, comparative politics, political economy, and the international political economy of the environment. One important area of global politics is contestation in the global political sphere over legitimacy. This book on world politics unravels many marvels of politics which we rarely realise and understand. This book is written is keeping mind of the needs of the students of political science and the budding politicians.

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1. Theory of Realism in World Politics Chapter 2. The Role of Rational Theory in International Relations and Politics Chapter 3. Global Politics and Security Chapter 4. Great Power and Global Politics Chapter 5. Polarity of International Relations and Politics Chapter 6. Cold War and World Politics Chapter 7. Failed State and the Threat of Armed Conflict in the World Politics Bibliography Index