
Understanding International Relations
Palgrave MacMillan (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 22. July 2005
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-1-4039-4663-8 (ISBN)
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Description
Understanding International Relations is the 3rd edition of a well-established advanced undergraduate and postgraduate text. It has been comprehensively updated to take into account recent literature on the theory of international relations, and events in the world, in particular '9/11' and the War on Terror. New chapters have been added on the individual and international relations, identity and nationalism and the implications of US power in the twenty-first century.
Reviews / Votes
"'It is entirely characteristic that Chris Brown's text is unlike anybody else's; it is equally characteristic that it is written with a zest, a pace and a sense of fun that is sadly missing from much of the discipline as a whole. Students - and their teachers - will gain a great deal from it. They will also have a good time!' - N.J. Rengger, Political Studies 'Understanding International Relations is a very appealing book... The text succeeds in giving a clear account of all the main theoretical possibilities and, in a non-judgemental but not uncritical way, setting them in context... I can think of no book more likely to succeed in persuading a sceptical undergraduate - someone convinced of the existence of a self-evident world of facts - that not only is a knowledge of theory necessary to understand international relations, but it is fun.' - James Mayall, Review of International Studies"More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Gordonsville
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-4663-8 (9781403946638)
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Persons
CHRIS BROWN is Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. KIRSTEN AINLEY is a Researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Content
Defining International Relations - The Development of IR Theory in the Twentieth Century - IR Theory Today - The State and Foreign Policy - 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 - US Hegemony and World Order