World Politics in the 21st Century

By W. Raymond Duncan [College at Brockport emeritus], Barbara Jancar-Webster [College at Brockport emeritus] , Bob Switky [College at Brockport former faculty member].This exciting introduction to world politics features a unique active-learning approach that helps students better understand international relations and includes current, 21st Century topics often neglected in other texts. Lauded for its strong scholarship and excellent attention to theory, this second edition, like the first, includes comprehensive coverage of current topics often neglected in other texts--topics such as human rights, terrorism, women, and poverty, to name just a few. This unparalleled coverage, in addition to the text\u27s unique active learning approach, make it a text that is truly for the 21st Century and its students. The Second Edition offers three new features-- A View from!, Historical Perspective, and Why It Matters to You --to further engage students and help them learn.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1154/thumbnail.jp

World Politics in the 21st Century

By W. Raymond Duncan [College at Brockport emeritus], Barbara Jancar-Webster [College at Brockport emeritus], and Bob Switky [College at Brockport former faculty member]. Unique active-learning approach makes this a text that is sure to engage students and help them better make sense of the complexity of world politics. New four-color design engages visual learners and captures student’s attention. Completely updated coverage of world politics includes updated coverage of the war in Iraq, nuclear proliferation in North Korea and Iran; the new Palestinian leadership; Islamic radicalism; global anti-Americanism; and the expanded EU and NATO. New! Technology advantage: MyPoliSciLab for International Relations. --Publisher\u27s descriptionhttps://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1057/thumbnail.jp

A Political Economy of Russian Nature Conservation Policy: Why Scientists have Taken a Back Seat

During the Soviet era, Soviet scientists were well respected and often included in the policy-making process. Under the new set of post-Soviet circumstances, scientists remain influential but their favored position has decreased insofar as they now operate in an expanded pluralist context in which they must join or compete with emergent local, national and international NGOs and other actors for influence. In this article, we explain this change in terms of a shift from a centralized political economy to a liberal one. A liberal political economy has allowed various groups and institutions, and the public in general, to participate in environmental policy-making. This has diminished the influence of Russian scientists. Highlighting this diminishment, we demonstrate that policy-making under a liberal framework does not always result in greater environmental protection. The article explores the implications of this for Russia and, by extension, other parts of the newly liberalizing world. Copyright (c) 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.