International Politics
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International Politics

Classic and Contemporary Readings

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International Politics

Classic and Contemporary Readings

About this book

Why do states do what they do?  Who are the relevant nonstate actors in international politics and why do they do what they do?  What causes conflict and cooperation in the international system? These are some of the most basic questions that the discipline of International Relations (IR) seeks to answer; they are also the questions that drive the objectives, organization and content of this book.

International Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings, Second Edition seeks to help students engage critically with some of the world's most challenging questions through the use of leading classic and contemporary scholarship in the field of international relations. The first five chapters of the book explore the leading theoretical traditions in international relations, while subsequent chapters explore the themes of international security, international political economy, and contemporary challenges in international relations. This organization makes the book easy to use as standalone text or alongside core text. Class-tested on over 10,000 students in the last decade, this text was built from the ground up to introduce students to the traditions and new foundations of international relations as well to the principles of intellectually rigorous thought.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Brief Contents
  6. Detailed Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 The Science of Politics
  10. Reading 1.1 International Relations: One World, Many Theories
  11. Reading 1.2 Leaving Theory Behind: Why Simplistic Hypothesis Testing Is Bad for International Relations
  12. Reading 1.3 Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
  13. Reading 1.4 Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis
  14. 2 Realism
  15. Reading 2.1 A Realist Theory of International Politics
  16. Reading 2.2 The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory
  17. Reading 2.3 Anarchy and the Struggle for Power
  18. Reading 2.4 Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power
  19. Reading 2.5 The Melian Dialogue
  20. 3 Liberalism
  21. Reading 3.1 The Liberal Tradition and International Relations
  22. Reading 3.2 International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work?
  23. Reading 3.3 The Great Illusion
  24. Reading 3.4 The Worlds of International Relations: The Military-Political World, the Trading World
  25. Reading 3.5 Economic Interdependence and War: A Theory of Trade Expectations
  26. Reading 3.6 Democracy, War and Expansion Through Historical Lenses
  27. Reading 3.7 Democratization and War
  28. 4 Constructivism
  29. Reading 4.1 Constructivism
  30. Reading 4.2 Stigmatizing the Bomb: Origins of the Nuclear Taboo
  31. Reading 4.3 International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
  32. Reading 4.4 The Violence of Illusion
  33. Reading 4.5 NSC 68: A Report to the National Security Council on United States Objectives and Programs for National Security
  34. 5 Alternative Approaches in International Relations Theory
  35. Reading 5.1 Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
  36. Reading 5.2 Dependency Theory Concepts, Classifications, and Criticisms
  37. Reading 5.3 Feminism Meets International Relations
  38. Reading 5.4 The Positivist Study of Gender and International Relations
  39. Reading 5.5 Why Race Matters in International Relations
  40. 6 International Security
  41. Reading 6.1 Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma
  42. Reading 6.2 Shifting Power and the Preventive War Option
  43. Reading 6.3 The Diplomacy of Violence
  44. Reading 6.4 Why Iran Should Get the Bomb: Nuclear Balancing Would Mean Stability
  45. Reading 6.5 More Will Be Worse
  46. Reading 6.6 Exploring the Bargaining Model of War
  47. Reading 6.7 Understanding Civil War: A New Agenda
  48. Reading 6.8 Transnational Dimensions of Civil War
  49. Reading 6.9 Structural Causes of Oppositional Political Terrorism: Towards a Causal Model
  50. 7 International Political Economy
  51. Reading 7.1 What You Should Know About Globalization and the World Trade Organization
  52. Reading 7.2 State Power and the Structure of International Trade
  53. Reading 7.3 Votes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial Openness
  54. Reading 7.4 The Free-Trade Paradox: The Bad Politics of a Good Idea
  55. Reading 7.5 Why Globalization Stalled and How to Restart It
  56. Reading 7.6 The Use and Misuse of Economic Statecraft
  57. 8 Contemporary Challenges in International Relations
  58. Reading 8.1 Beyond the Failed State: Toward Conceptual Alternatives
  59. Reading 8.2 Failed States in a World of Terror
  60. Reading 8.3 Warming World: Why Climate Change Matters More Than Anything Else
  61. Reading 8.4 Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the Department of Defense
  62. Reading 8.5 How the U.S. Can Play Cyber Offense: Deterrence Isn’t Enough
  63. Reading 8.6 Will the Liberal Order Survive?: The History of an Idea
  64. Reading 8.7 America and the Geopolitics of Upheaval