This concise text introduces main theoretical approaches and applies them to the central questions of war and peace, poverty and wealth, economic management, and global governance confronting the world today. Clear and accessible, the second edition has been revised and updated throughout with incre
Understanding International Relations
β Scribed by Chris Brown (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 278
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Definitions and Perspectives: Theory and Practice....Pages 3-20
Theory and International Relations I: Past Debates....Pages 21-39
Theory and International Relations II: Theory Today....Pages 40-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
The State and Foreign Policy....Pages 67-84
Power and Security....Pages 85-102
The Balance of Power and War....Pages 103-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Global Governance....Pages 125-144
International Political Economy....Pages 145-165
Hegemony, Conflict and Cooperation....Pages 166-185
The View from the South....Pages 186-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
After the Cold War: New World, Old Theories?....Pages 209-227
Conclusion: New Agendas....Pages 228-247
Back Matter....Pages 248-272
β¦ Subjects
International Relations
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