{"product_id":"ir-international-student-edition-9781071841020","title":"IR  International Student Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIR: Seeking Security, Prosperity, and Quality of Life in a Changing World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003einvites 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe latest edition is thoroughly updated to provide insights into recent world developments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 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","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738212970839,"sku":"9781071841020","price":112.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ir-international-student-edition-9781071841020","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}