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International politics : classic and contemporary readings / created by Scott P. Handler and Robert T. Person.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: CQ Press, 2013Publisher: ©2013Description: xiii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781071840931
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JZ1242 HAN
Contents:
The science of politics. International relations: one world, many theories / Stephen M. Walt ; Leaving theory behind: why simplistic hypothesis testing is bad for international relations / John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt ; Man, the state, and war: a theoretical analysis / Kenneth N. Waltz ; Conceptual models and the Cuban Missle Crisis / Graham T. Allison Realism. A realist theory of international politics / Hans J. Morgenthau ; The origins of war in neorealist theory / Kenneth N. Waltz ; Anarchy and the struggle for power / John Mearsheimer ; Alliance formation and the balance of world power / Stephen M. Walt ; The Melian dialogues / Thucydides Liberalism. The liberal tradition and international relations / Scott A. Silverstone ; International institutions: can interdependence work? / Robert O. Keohane ; The great illusion / Norman Angell ; The worlds of international relations: the military-political world, the trading world / Richard Rosecrance ; Economic interdependence and war: a theory of trade expectations / Dale C. Copeland ; Democracy, war and expansion through historical lenses / Bruce M. Russett ; Democratization and war / Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder Constructivism. Constructivism / Ian Hurd ; Stigmatizing the bomb: origins of the nuclear taboo / Nina Tannenwald ; International norm dynamics and political change / Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink ; The violence of illusion / Amartya Sen ; NSC 68: a report to the National Security Council on United States objectives and programs for national security Alternative approaches in international relations theory. Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism / Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ; Dependence theory: concepts, classifications, and criticisms / Young Namkoong ; Feminism meets international relations / Diana Thorburn ; The positivist study of gender and international relations / Dan Reiter ; Why race matters in international relations / Kelebogile Zvobgo and Meredith Loken International security. Cooperation under the security dilemma / Robert Jervis ; Shifting power and the preventive war option / Scott A. Silverstone ; The diplomacy of violence / Thomas C. Schelling ; Why Iran should get the bomb / Kenneth N. Waltz ; More will be worse / Scott D. Sagan ; Exploring the bargaining model of war / Dan Reiter ; Understanding civil war: a new agenda / Paul Collier and Nicholas Sambanis ; Transnational dimensions of civil war / Kristian Skrede Gleditsch ; Structural causes of oppositional political terrorism: toward a causal model / Jeffery Ian Ross International political economy. What you should know about globalization and the World Trade Organization / Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern ; State power and the structure of international trade / Stephen D. Krasner ; Votes and vetoes: the political determinants of commercial openness / Witold J. Henisz and Edward D. Mansfield ; The free-trade paradox: the bad politics of a good idea / Alan S. Blinder ; Why globalization stalled and how to restart it / Fred Hu and Michael Spence ; The use and misuse of economic statecraft / Jacob J. Lew and Richard Nephew Contemporary challenges in international relations. Beyond the failed state: toward conceptual alternatives / Charles T. Call ; Failed states in a world of terror / Robert I. Rotberg ; Warming world: why climate change matters more than anything else / Joshua Busby ; Report on effects of a changing climate: U.S. Department of Defense ; How the U.S. can play cyber offense: deterrence isn't enough / Michael Sulmeyer ; Will the liberal order survive the history of an idea / Joseph S. Nye Jr. ; America and the geopolitics of upheaval / Hal Brands and Eric Edelman
Summary: "International Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings showcases the the field's central traditions as well as important contemporary debates in the field of international relations. The book's four main parts-theoretical traditions, war and peace, international political economy, and emerging issues-mirror how the international relations course is taught and make the book easy to use alongside a core text. Class-tested over several years, International Politics was purpose-built to introduce students to the principles of intellectually rigorous thought"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The science of politics. International relations: one world, many theories / Stephen M. Walt ; Leaving theory behind: why simplistic hypothesis testing is bad for international relations / John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt ; Man, the state, and war: a theoretical analysis / Kenneth N. Waltz ; Conceptual models and the Cuban Missle Crisis / Graham T. Allison
Realism. A realist theory of international politics / Hans J. Morgenthau ; The origins of war in neorealist theory / Kenneth N. Waltz ; Anarchy and the struggle for power / John Mearsheimer ; Alliance formation and the balance of world power / Stephen M. Walt ; The Melian dialogues / Thucydides
Liberalism. The liberal tradition and international relations / Scott A. Silverstone ; International institutions: can interdependence work? / Robert O. Keohane ; The great illusion / Norman Angell ; The worlds of international relations: the military-political world, the trading world / Richard Rosecrance ; Economic interdependence and war: a theory of trade expectations / Dale C. Copeland ; Democracy, war and expansion through historical lenses / Bruce M. Russett ; Democratization and war / Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
Constructivism. Constructivism / Ian Hurd ; Stigmatizing the bomb: origins of the nuclear taboo / Nina Tannenwald ; International norm dynamics and political change / Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink ; The violence of illusion / Amartya Sen ; NSC 68: a report to the National Security Council on United States objectives and programs for national security
Alternative approaches in international relations theory. Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism / Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ; Dependence theory: concepts, classifications, and criticisms / Young Namkoong ; Feminism meets international relations / Diana Thorburn ; The positivist study of gender and international relations / Dan Reiter ; Why race matters in international relations / Kelebogile Zvobgo and Meredith Loken
International security. Cooperation under the security dilemma / Robert Jervis ; Shifting power and the preventive war option / Scott A. Silverstone ; The diplomacy of violence / Thomas C. Schelling ; Why Iran should get the bomb / Kenneth N. Waltz ; More will be worse / Scott D. Sagan ; Exploring the bargaining model of war / Dan Reiter ; Understanding civil war: a new agenda / Paul Collier and Nicholas Sambanis ; Transnational dimensions of civil war / Kristian Skrede Gleditsch ; Structural causes of oppositional political terrorism: toward a causal model / Jeffery Ian Ross
International political economy. What you should know about globalization and the World Trade Organization / Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern ; State power and the structure of international trade / Stephen D. Krasner ; Votes and vetoes: the political determinants of commercial openness / Witold J. Henisz and Edward D. Mansfield ; The free-trade paradox: the bad politics of a good idea / Alan S. Blinder ; Why globalization stalled and how to restart it / Fred Hu and Michael Spence ; The use and misuse of economic statecraft / Jacob J. Lew and Richard Nephew
Contemporary challenges in international relations. Beyond the failed state: toward conceptual alternatives / Charles T. Call ; Failed states in a world of terror / Robert I. Rotberg ; Warming world: why climate change matters more than anything else / Joshua Busby ; Report on effects of a changing climate: U.S. Department of Defense ; How the U.S. can play cyber offense: deterrence isn't enough / Michael Sulmeyer ; Will the liberal order survive the history of an idea / Joseph S. Nye Jr. ; America and the geopolitics of upheaval / Hal Brands and Eric Edelman

"International Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings showcases the the field's central traditions as well as important contemporary debates in the field of international relations. The book's four main parts-theoretical traditions, war and peace, international political economy, and emerging issues-mirror how the international relations course is taught and make the book easy to use alongside a core text. Class-tested over several years, International Politics was purpose-built to introduce students to the principles of intellectually rigorous thought"-- Provided by publisher

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