Systems and Regions in Global Politics

Download or read book Systems and Regions in Global Politics written by Tom Nierop and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1993-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new theory of global politics and international relations utilizing the world systems perspective of the new political geography. Tom Nierop begins his study by reviewing the spatial organization of the international system and sketches the theoretical underpinning of his enquiry by identifying the interaction of states in regional systems as the key dynamic of the global system. He then considers the levels of global connectedness and illustrates his theoretical construct by a detailed examination of global patterns of diplomatic representation and the changing patterns and functions of intergovernmental organizations since 1950. He then turns to world trade patterns and shows how they interlink and coincide with political systems to produce the dominant modern system of international political economy.