1st Edition
Political and Economic Foundations in Global Studies
Part One: Background, Theories, and Contexts
Chapter 1 - What Is Global Studies? A Political and Economic Perspective
Michael R. Anderson and Stephanie S. Holmsten
Chapter 2 - Historical Foundations
Michael R. Anderson
Chapter 3 - U.S. Globalism and the Present World Order
Michael R. Anderson
Chapter 4 - Key Concepts and Processes: Empire and Imperialism
Michael R. Anderson
Chapter 5 - Key Concepts and Processes: Development
Stephanie S. Holmsten
Chapter 6 - Key Concepts and Processes: Security
Michael R. Anderson and Stephanie S. Holmsten
Chapter 7 - Key Concepts and Processes: Sustainability
Stephanie S. Holmsten
Chapter 8 - Key Concepts and Processes: Governance
Stephanie S. Holmsten
Part Two: Case Studies
Chapter 9 - Introduction to the Case Studies
Chapter 10 - Regional and Global Impacts of Post-Gaddafi Libya
Brandon Gentry
Chapter 11 - The Anti-Apartheid Movement in the Western World: Segregation, Revolution, and the Creation of a Global Civil Society
R. Joseph Parrott
Chapter 12 - The Treaty of Waitangi and the Waitangi Tribunal: Globalization and Decolonization in New Zealand
Sean Killen
Chapter 13 - The Causes and Consequences of International Migration: The View from Europe
John D. Graeber
Chapter 14 - Patterns of Fear: Hegemony, Globalization, and the U.S.-Japan Trade Conflict, 1971–1996
John Taylor Vurpillat
Chapter 15 - Globalization and Transnational Capitalism
Jerry Harris
Chapter 16 - When Weak States Win: Providing Opportunities at the WTO
Stephanie S. Holmsten
Chapter 17 - Conclusion to the Case Studies
Biography
Michael R. Anderson is an Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of the International Relations and Global Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests focus on trans-Pacific intellectual networks and diplomacy in the twentieth century. He also serves as Associate Editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of the History of American Foreign Policy, and he is a board member of the Austin chapter of the United Nations Association–USA.
Stephanie S. Holmsten is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the International Relations and Global Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on the election of women and ethnic minorities around the world. Her recent work appears in Comparative Political Studies. She is also interested in innovative teaching methods, particularly team-based learning, which earned her the 2017 Harry Ransom Award for Teaching Excellence.
