Designed to appeal to teachers and students of international relations and political theory, this exciting, user-friendly text explores the ethical dimensions of some of the most complex problems in world politics.

Ethics and World Politics opens with a discussion of different methods and approaches employed to study the subject, including analytical political theory, post-structuralism and critical theory. It then surveys some of the most prominent perspectives on global ethics, including cosmopolitanism, communitarianism of various kinds, theories of international society, realism, postcolonialism, feminism, and green political thought. Part III examines a variety of more specific issues, including immigration, democracy, human rights, the just war tradition and its critics, international law, and global poverty and inequality.

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• A cutting-edge interdisciplinary textbook for students and teachers of international relations and political theory.
• Unique in its coverage of approaches and issues, making it the ideal book for all modules on the subject.
• Draws together distinguished scholars from around the world.
• Chapters in Part III include case studies enabling students to link concrete examples to general theoretical discussions.

Part I: Methods and Political Thoery

1. Colin Bird: Ethics and Analytical Political Theory

2. Max Pensky: Ethics and Critical Theory

3. Amy Allen: Ethics and Post-Structuralism

4. Andrew Gamble: Ethics and Politics

Part II: General Perspectives

5. Duncan Bell: Political Realism and the Limits of Ethics

6. Peter Jones: The Ethics of International Society

7. Margaret Moore: Defending Community: Nationalism, Patriotism, and Culture

8. Simon Caney: Cosmopolitan Visions

9. Kimberley Hutchings: Feminism

10. Matthew Humphrey: Green Political Theory

11. Margaret Kohn: Postcolonialism

12. Chris Goto-Jones: Comparative Political Thought

Part III: Themes

13. Duncan Ivison: Human Rights

14. Kok-Chor Tan: Poverty and Global Distributive Justice

15. Anthony Carty: International Law

16. Nicholas Rengger: The Ethics of War (1): The Just War

17. Patricia Owens: The Ethics of War (2): Critical Alternatives

18. Anthony Lang: Humanitarian Intervention

19. Virginia Held: Terrorism

20. Arash Abizadeh: Immigration, Borders and Citizenship

21. James Bohman: Democracy and World Politics

Edited by Duncan Bell – Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Christ's College

Contributors:

Duncan Bell, University Cambridge

Colin Bird, University of Virginia

Max Pensky, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Amy Allen, Dartmouth College

Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge

Peter Jones, University of Newcastle

Margaret Moore, Queen's University

Simon Caney, University of Oxford

Kimberley Hutchings, London School of Economics

Matthew Humphrey, University of Nottingham

Margaret Kohn, University of Toronto

Chris Goto-Jones, University of Leiden

Duncan Ivison, University of Sydney

Kok-Chor Tan, University of Pennsylvania

Anthony Carty, University of Aberdeen

Nicholas Rengger, University of St. Andrews

Patricia Owens, Queen Mary, University of London

Anthony Lang, University of St. Andrews

Virginia Held, City University of New York

Arash Abizadeh, McGill University

James Bohman, St. Louis University