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Book SynopsisIR: Seeking Security, Prosperity, and Quality of Life in a Changing Worldinvites students into the debates in world politics and supports them as they engage with ideas and events by providing a clear introduction tonot just what happens, but why and how it happens.Assuming no prior knowledge about international relations,award-winning teachers and scholars James M. Scott, Ralph G. Carter, and A. Cooper Drury meet students where they are andprovide them with a framework tomake sense of the complicated events and interactions of world politics.
The latest edition is thoroughly updated to provide insights into recent world developments.
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1. WORLD POLITICS: Seeking Security, Prosperity, and Quality of Life in a Complicated and Connected World PART I: THEORY AND PRACTICE CHAPTER 2. THE PLAYERS AND THE PLAYING FIELD: Anarchy, States, and Non-State Actors CHAPTER 3. POWERFUL IDEAS: Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism CHAPTER 4. ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PART II: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CHAPTER 5. UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT: The Nature and Causes of Conflict and War CHAPTER 6. SEEKING SECURITY: Managing Conflict and War CHAPTER 7. BUILDING PEACE: Structures of Cooperation PART III: ECONOMIC SECURITY CHAPTER 8. THE PURSUIT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY: Trade, Finance, and Integration CHAPTER 9. ECONOMIC STATECRAFT: Sanctions, Aid, and Their Consequences CHAPTER 10. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Relations Between the Haves and Have-Nots PART IV: HUMAN SECURITY CHAPTER 11. HUMAN RIGHTS: People, Human Security, and World Politics CHAPTER 12. MANAGING THE GLOBAL COMMONS: Whose Responsibility? CHAPTER 13. TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS: Changing the World? PART V: LOOKING AHEAD CHAPTER 14. SECURITY, PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE BALANCE: Future Directions and Challenges
