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International relations: perspectives and controversies

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: PERSPECTIVES AND CONTROVERSIES, 3rd Edition teaches readers to think systematically and critically about international affairs. Taking an innovative approach to IR, the text delivers brief, topical coverage with a debate framework and primary source readings included throughout. Practical, relevant, and completely up to date, each chapter covers an important debate in the field, examining how political actors or thinkers explain and defend their different opinions -- a format that helps readers understand key IR issues as dynamic struggles over resources and power. By offering a variety of perspectives, the book gives readers invaluable insight into today's -- and tomorrow's -- headlines.

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[POL-LIB-534]

Publisher

mau : Houghton Mifflin., c2008

Collation

xiii, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780495797968

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JZ1242 .S545 2008

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3rd ed.

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Table of contents : Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 Preface......Page 10 Introduction: The Study of International Relations......Page 16 Part I: History and Perspectives......Page 24 Change and Continuity......Page 26 The Emergence of the Modern State System......Page 27 The Age of Absolutism and Limited War (1648–1789)......Page 31 The Age of Revolutions (1789–1914)......Page 33 The Age of Total War (1914–1945)......Page 41 The Cold War (1945–1989)......Page 47 The Post–Cold War World......Page 54 Many Questions, Even More Answers......Page 61 Realism......Page 62 Liberalism, Idealism, and Liberal Internationalism......Page 66 Marxism......Page 70 Feminism......Page 73 Constructivism......Page 78 Perspectives and Levels of Analysis......Page 79 Conclusion......Page 80 Part II: Controversies......Page 86 Key Controversy: Does International Anarchy Lead to War?......Page 88 Peace Through Strength?......Page 89 There Is No Alternative to Power Politics......Page 90 Alternatives to Power Politics......Page 97 Conclusion......Page 103 Points of View What is the Future of American Power?......Page 105 Key Controversy: Are Democracies More Peaceful?......Page 112 The Sources of Democratic Peacefulness......Page 114 Are Democracies Really Any Different?......Page 121 Empirical Fact or Definitional Artifact?......Page 123 Conclusion......Page 127 Points of View Would Democracy Bring Peace to the Middle East?......Page 129 Key Controversy: Is War Part of Human Nature?......Page 138 Aggression, Instincts, and War......Page 139 Culture, Social Learning, and War......Page 145 War Is Violence, Not “Aggression”......Page 148 Conclusion......Page 153 Points of View Are People (or Men) “Hard Wired” for War?......Page 155 Key Controversy: Does Free Trade Benefit All?......Page 163 The Liberal International Economic Order......Page 164 The Case for Free Trade......Page 165 What’s Wrong with Free Trade......Page 171 Conclusion......Page 178 Points of View Does Free Trade Hurt Americans?......Page 180 Key Controversy: What Are the Obstacles to Development?......Page 188 From Decolonization to Structural Adjustment......Page 189 The IMF and Neoliberalism......Page 192 Neoliberalism as Neoimperialism......Page 197 Conclusion......Page 202 Points of View Does Foreign Aid Promote Development?......Page 205 Key Controversy: Is Globalization a Threat to National Sovereignty?......Page 213 What Is at Stake......Page 215 The Vision of a Borderless World......Page 216 The Myth(s) of Globalization......Page 221 Conclusion......Page 226 Points of View Are Governments Losing Control?......Page 231 Key Controversy: Does International Law Matter?......Page 239 What Is International Law and Where Does It Come From?......Page 241 The Weakness of International Law......Page 243 The Enduring Value of International Law......Page 247 Conclusion......Page 254 Points of View Should the United States Accept the International Criminal Court?......Page 255 Key Controversy: Are Humanitarian Interventions Justified?......Page 264 Sovereignty and Human Rights......Page 266 The Case for Humanitarian Intervention......Page 270 The Case Against Humanitarian Intervention......Page 275 Conclusion......Page 281 Points of View Humanitarian Intervention in Myanmar/Burma?......Page 283 Key Controversy: How Dangerous Is Nuclear Proliferation?......Page 292 The Reality of Proliferation and Nonproliferation......Page 293 The Case for Limited Proliferation......Page 298 The Case for Widespread Proliferation......Page 299 The Case Against Nuclear Proliferation......Page 302 Conclusion......Page 307 Points of View Can a Nuclear Iran Be Deterred?......Page 309 Key Controversy: How Should We Respond to International Terrorism?......Page 319 Terrorism: The Definitional Angst......Page 320 The Cosmopolitan Response......Page 325 The Statist Response......Page 329 Conclusion......Page 335 Points of View Did September 11 Reflect a Clash of Civilizations?......Page 337 Key Controversy: Is the Global Commons in Danger?......Page 345 Too Many People, Too Few Resources......Page 348 A World of Plenty......Page 354 Global Problems, Global Solutions?......Page 361 Conclusion......Page 365 Points of View Where Do We Go After Kyoto?......Page 366 Index......Page 375

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