World Politics

World Politics is must be understood from all perspectives - theoretical and practical issues.

For Indian students, its also important to assess world politics from the angle of Third World Studies and evaluate India's relations and interests with the world. So, topics are likely to include:

• Relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, USA, Central Asian states, Southeast Asian states, Latin American States, Germany, France, UK and Russia.
• Disarmament policy
• Energy Policy
• Foreign Policy - political and economic

To simplify the task of the students of world politics, the subject entails a good reading of the following topics:

• theories of international relations - concepts and laws of realism, liberalism, constructivism, marxism, feminism, dependency, non-alignment.
• globalization
• human rights
• hegemony
• democracy
• culture and ethnicity
• regionalism
• war
• terrorism
• trade

Scroll below to know what are the "Best Books on World Politics".

The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations

by

John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens

International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity

by

Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith

Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy

by

C. Raja Mohan

International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction

by

Cynthia Weber

International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economy, Identity

by

Paul R. Viotti and Mark V. Kauppi

The Oxford Handbook of International Relations

by

Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal

The Oxford Handbook of India's National Security

by

Sumit Ganguly, Nicolas Blarel and Manjeet S. Pardesi

The World Since 1945: An International history

by

P. M. H. Bell and Mark Gilbert

The Global History Reader

by

Bruce Mazlish

International Relations: The Key Concepts

by

Martin Griffiths and Terry O'Callaghan

Global Politics: A New Introduction

by

Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss

World Politics Since 1945

by

Peter Calvocoressi

Theories of International Relations

by

Scott Burchill

Understanding International Relations

by

Chris Brown

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