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Book SynopsisThis 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
Trade ReviewA must have for undergraduate students and instructors. * Keith Smith, King’s College London, UK *
An almost canonical introduction to our discipline. * Thomas Sommerer, Stockholm University, Sweden *
Table of Contents1. 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 Organisations 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
