The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations John Baylis, Steve Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

This week I have been reading The Globalization of World Polkitics – an introduction to international relations (2nd ed.) – John Bayliss and Steve Smith. In political science and international relations, the current unit of analysis as the nation state. Hence I am continuing to read about globalization. Interestingly though As Dani Rodrik stated in The Globalization Paradox, “When globalization collides with domestic politics, the smart money bets on politics” (Rodrik 2011, p. More importantly, it could also mark a paradigm shift in international relations, dealing a critical blow to what has been a relentless trend towards liberalism since the end of World War II, while providing fecund ground for a resurgence in realist ideology. It has been comprehensively updated throughout and has new chapters on agency, structure and the state in IR and the emerging shape of 21st century international politics. Globalization trends reversed beginning with World War I and continuing until the end of World War II, when the Bretton Woods institutions were created (that is, the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, World Bank, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and . First, a brief introduction of the two worldviews, Islam and liberalism, will be given. Marshall McLuhan's idea of "the global village," was introduced in his book Explorations in Communication (1960). For simplicity, globalization can be viewed as a process of economic, social, cultural, political and technological integration of nations and peoples of the world. The authors provide systematic coverage of the classical concerns of International Relations theory – power, national interest, foreign policy and war – alongside analysis of the impact of globalization on security, governance and the world economy.