Understanding international relations /
By: Brown, Chris.
Contributor(s): Ainley, Kirsten.
Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Edition: 4th ed.Description: xi, 321 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780230213104 (hbk.); 9780230213104:; 0230213103 (hbk.); 0230213111 (pbk.); 9780230213111 (pbk.).Subject(s): Politics | International relationsDDC classification: 327Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: defining international relations -- The development of international relations theory in the twentieth century -- International relations theory today -- Agency, structure and the state -- Power and security -- The balance of power and war -- Global governance -- The global economy -- Globalization -- The international politics of identity -- International relations and the individual: human rights, humanitarian law and humanitarian war -- The shape of things to come.
This concise introductory text takes as its starting point the main theoretical approaches and shows how these can be applied to understanding the central questions of war and peace, poverty and wealth, economic management and global governance.