TY - BOOK AU - GURTOV Mel TI - Global politics in the human interest SN - 1588264848 (pbk) USD26.50 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers KW - WORLD POLITICS KW - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS N2 - The need to recognise the interconnectedness of world politics is more pressing than ever if the competitive struggles of nation states are to be overcome. This book suggests that there is hope for improvement in human, environmental and common security, and cites the enormous increase in the global availability of information as one reason for optimism. Considers how the world has changed since the Cold War: the comparative decline of the USA, the rise of other major world powers, and the effect of these changes in political dynamics on e.g. the developing world ER -