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Fourth Edition
Global Politics
A New Introduction



Edited By Jenny Edkins, Maja Zehfuss and Thomas Gregory

Global Politics: A New Introduction engages directly with questions that those coming to the study of world politics bring with them. From that innovative starting point, it explores key issues through a critical and inquiring perspective, presenting theoretical ideas and concepts in conjunction with a global range of historical and contemporary case studies.

Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition offers examples engaging with the latest developments in global politics: the climate crisis and anthropocentrism, Indigenous experiences and thinking, racism and the rise of xenophobia, artificial intelligence, citizen journalism, global health and pandemic response, and drone warfare.

Global Politics:

  • examines the most significant issues in global politics – from poverty, development, colonialism, human rights, gender, inequality, and race to war, peacebuilding, security, violence, nationalism, authority and what we can do to change the world;
  • offers chapters written to a common structure which is ideal for teaching and learning and features a key question, an illustrative example, general responses and broader issues;
  • integrates theory and practice throughout the text, drawing on international relations, political theory, postcolonial studies, sociology, geography, peace studies and development.

This exciting, up-to-date and ground-breaking textbook is essential reading for all those concerned about global politics.

About the Editors

Jenny Edkins is Honorary Professor of Politics at The University of Manchester, and Professor Emeritus at Aberystwyth University, UK.

Maja Zehfuss is Professor of International Politics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thomas Gregory is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Praise for This Edition

“This is one of the most innovative, engaging and expansive textbooks for teaching and learning about global politics. The toughest challenge for educators these days is to encourage critical thinking on global issues, and this book has always made it possible through its integration of theory and praxis, illustrative examples and addressing contemporary questions and debates. We have been using this extensively in our IR courses at Gothenburg, and it is hugely popular among students. What a gift this 4th edition will be!”

Swati Parashar, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Global Politics: A New Introduction shows how students’ critical thinking begins with questioning the established political, social and economic structures. It calls for unlearning the traditional boundaries of the discipline and encourages us how to rethink conventional narratives about when global politics began, what global politics is, and how it operates.”

Umut Ozguc, Macquarie University, Australia.

“This fourth edition is quite simply the best introduction to global politics available today. Its fearless originality, global orientation, and radical interdisciplinarity will leave you questioning every aspect of the world around you. If you are not satisfied with superficial understandings of socio-economic challenges such as poverty, racism, migration, or predictive AI, then this is the book you have been waiting to encounter.”

Nick Vaughan-Williams, University of Birmingham, UK