This long-awaited new edition has been fully updated and revised by the original authors as well as two new members of the author team. Based on many years of active research and teaching it takes the discipline's most difficult aspects and makes them accessible and interesting.
Each chapter builds up an understanding of the different ways of looking at the world. The clarity of presentation allows students to rapidly develop a theoretical framework and to apply this knowledge widely as a way of understanding both more advanced theoretical texts and events in world politics.
Suitable for first and second year undergraduates studying international relations and international relations theory.
"Introduction to International Relations Theory" offers students of International Relations a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical analysis of today's world.
From liberalism to postmodernism, each chapter examines a different theoretical perspective, tracing its historical and intellectual development, identifying its key advocates, and exploring the position each perspective represents on key contemporary issues, as well as the criticisms which have arisen from other approaches.
The clarity of presentation and accessible language enable students to develop an understanding of the nature and value of theoretical analysis as well as the ability to apply theoretical frameworks to aid an understanding of world events, situations and negotiations.
Suitable for undergraduates studying international relations and international relations theory.
Each chapter features:
- Boxed examples from world events
- Biographies of key thinkers
- Boxed examples from film and popular media
- Accessible definitions of key concepts
New to this edition:
- Expanded coverage of the English School
- Expanded coverage of neo-realism and neo-liberalism
- New material on international law and ethics
- New material on foreign policy analysis
