Weird IR: Deviant Cases in International Relations

✍ Scribed by David Bell Mislan; Philip Streich

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 200
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The scholarly study of international relations tends to go over the same cases, issues, and themes. This book addresses this by challenging readers to think creatively about international politics. It highlights some of the strangest and rarest phenomena in diplomacy and world politics. Comprised of a series of vignettes and organized by common themes like nonsensical borders, quasi-countries, and diplomatic taboos,Weird IRencourages readers to think critically about the discipline without losing one's sense of humor completely.

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