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Chapter Overview

PART I: CHAPTER OUTLINE

    I. The Emergence of Nation-States and the Two World Wars
      A. Colonialism and the Emergence of a "World Order"
      B. Two World Wars and the Creation of a New Order

    II. Hopes for Stability and the Cold War
      A. The United Nations and the Hope for Stability
      B. The Cold War Develops
      C. The Arms Race
      D. Foreign Aid, Decolonization, Gridlock, and Warfare

    III. The Cold War's End and a New World Order
      A. The Changing Global Situation
      B. The Role of the United States in the Post-Cold War Era

    IV. Instability in the "New World Order"
      A. World Order or Disorder?
      B. Nationalism and Ethnic Violence
      C. Population Increase and Resource Decline

    V. Power, Voter Apathy, and the Political Process in the United States

      A. Power: Who Rules America?
      B. Voter Apathy or Anger?
      C. Gridlock, Narrow Issues, and Voter
      Frustration
      D. Special Interest Groups and Voter Frustration E. Globalization and Voter Frustration

    VI. Assessing the Situation
      A. The United States, Developing Nations, and the Global Order B. Democracy and Human Rights
      C. Theoretical Concerns
    VII. Summary

    VIII. Thinking Critically

    PART II: LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    1. To be able to describe the growth of the modern nation-state and the results of the development of nation-states.
    2. To be able to describe the ways the Treaty of Versailles affected Germany.
    3. To be able to describe the results of the Cold War that followed World War II.
    4. To be able to state the dynamics by which U.S. participation in the Cold War undermined democracy.
    5. To be able to identify the factors that make the current situation in Russia unstable.
    6. To be able to identify the characteristics of the new world order that undermine hopes for peace and stability.
    7. To be able to identify the characteristics of the new world order that support hopes for peace and stability.
    8. To be able to describe the ways in which nation-states are challenged by both substates and suprastates.
    9. To be able to identify the factors contributing to U.S. voter apathy.
    10. To be able to describe the impact of single-issue politics on democracy in the U.S.
    11. To be able to trace the impact of globalization on human identity.



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