Praised for achieving significant breadth and depth of coverage of all the key themes of IR, this introduction is also full of a range of features and techniques – including a wide range of contemporary case studies and reflection boxes - to help students become adept at the subject quickly and easily
New InQuizitive activities—created and tested by instructors who teach with World Politics—then invite students to practice applying the analytical tools from the text to alternative examples and cases.
rofessor Gilpin uses history, sociology, and economic theory to identify the forces causing change in the world order.
What must the United States do to remain the global superpower and stop alienating the rest of the world? The author of the bestselling "The Paradox of American Power" has one clear answer: soft power.
For Beitz and Moellendorf, John Rawls's substantive account of justice can provide the criteria for justice globally (see Box 13.5). Rawls rejected the possibility of global distributive justice modelled on his theory.
This book provides a critical understanding of contemporary world politics by arguing that the neoliberal approach to international relations seduces many of us into investing our lives in projects of power and alienation.
With contributions from some of the foremost authorities in the field, Concepts in World Politics explores 17 core concepts, from democracy to globalization, sovereignty to revolution, and covers: The multiple meanings of a concept, where ...
This pioneering volume on status features contributions that develop propositions on status concerns and illustrate them with case studies and aggregate data analysis.
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This book will be of great interest to scholars of international relations, global politics, economics and related disciplines.