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Book SynopsisRenowned scholar Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, who set the standard for the scientific approach to international relations and transformed the field, has returned with a reformulated fifth edition based on extensive reviewer feedback and guided by an emphasis on questions about the causes and consequences of war, peace, and world order. More than ever before, the strategic perspective in international relations is examined with complete clarity, precision, and accessibility.
What hasn't changed is Bueno de Mesquita's commitment to covering the fundamentals of IR. The foundational topics and examination are all there: the major theories of war, the domestic sources of international politics, an exploration of the democratic peace, the problems of terrorism, the role of foreign aid, democratization, international political economy, globalization, international organizations, international law, and the global environment.
The first part of the book, Foundationsoffers highly
Table of ContentsIntroduction I. FOUNDATIONS 1. Evaluating Arguments about International Politics 2. The Strategic Perspective: When Foreign Policy Collides With Domestic Politics 3. Tools for Analyzing International Affairs 4. An Introduction to Game Theory II. WAR 5. Why War: The Big Picture 6. Domestic Theories of War III. PEACE 7. How International Organizations Work, Or Don’t Work 8. Global Warming: Designing a Solution 9. Human Rights, International Law and Norms 10. Free Trade or Fair: The Domestic Politics of Tariffs 11. Globalization: International Winners and Losers IV. WORLD ORDER 12. Foreign aid, Poverty and Revolution 13. Can Terrorism be Rational? 14. A Democratic World Order: Peace without Democratization Appendix A. Modern Political Economic History and International Politics Glossary Bibliography
