
Introduction to International Relations
Perspectives, Connections and Enduring Questions
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Introduction to International Relations
Perspectives, Connections and Enduring Questions
About this book
This bestselling introductory textbook provides a truly comprehensive and approachable guide to international affairs. Bringing together decades of combined experience in researching and teaching global politics from three acclaimed scholars, this book introduces you to the key concepts in international relations while equipping you with the tools to successfully analyse the rapidly changing world in which we live. Carefully and pedagogically structured, the book is driven by nuanced enduring questions to support active engagement with the subject matter. It covers everything from war and its causes to the pursuit of peace, the role of non-state actors on the world stage and transnational concerns such as climate change. Thought-provoking boxed features throughout highlight disparities between theory and practice, provide overviews of key research and make use of the influential levels-of-analysis framework. This third edition is completely updated throughout, including extensive coverage of the latest advances in international relations scholarship and supported by a wealth of contemporary case examples. The text is supported by a rich companion website with study guides, instructor resources and interactive exercises to allow you to consider complicated political decisions for yourself. Introduction to International Relations is the ultimate companion for undergraduate students of politics and international relations in need of an exciting and rigorous introduction to the subject.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Contents
- List of Features
- List of Illustrative Material
- About the Authors
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Tour of the Book
- Online Teaching and Learning Resources
- 1 Understanding International Relations
- I FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- 2 The Emergence of a Global System of States, 1500–Today
- 3 Theories of International Relations
- 4 The Analysis of Foreign Policy
- 5 Framing International Relations: The Role of Laws and Organizations
- II WAR AND PEACE: AN INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY STUDIES
- 6 War and Its Causes
- 7 Pathways to Interstate Peace
- 8 Modern Technology, the Use of Force and the Practice of International Relations
- III WEALTH AND POWER: AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
- 9 International Economics: Basic Theory and Core Institutions
- 10 States and Markets in the World Economy
- 11 Dilemmas of Development
- IV CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- 12 Non-State Actors and Challenges to Sovereignty
- 13 The Natural Environment and International Relations
- 14 Facing the Future: Six Visions of an Emerging International Order
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- eCopyright