Using a three-part framework of Ideas, Arguments, and Contexts and Applications, International Relations, Second Edition, shows students how to think critically about issues and current events in world politics. Each chapter first describes key concepts and developments in the field (Ideas), then presents the main theoretical and analytical approaches (Arguments), and finally applies the main theories and approaches within the individual, state, and global
contexts (Contexts and Applications). Historical information is woven throughout the text, and every chapter ends with an extended case study ( "The Uses of History ") that demonstrates how what we have learned from the past can influence our future actions. Three full chapters on key approaches-realism
(chapter 2), liberalism (chapter 3), and constructivism and other alternative views (chapter 4)-introduce students to a broad spectrum of approaches, and each chapter integrates discussions of relevant theories and levels of analysis. Visual Reviews at the end of each chapter not only recap key points but include Critical Thinking questions that reflect the chapter learning objectives.
- ISBN10 0190454350
- ISBN13 9780190454357
- Publish Date 29 October 2015 (first published 1 November 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 June 2019
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 464
- Language English