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IR - International Student Edition
Seeking Security, Prosperity, and Quality of Life in a Changing World
Fourth Edition
- James M. Scott - Illinois State University, USA
- Ralph G. Carter - Texas Christian University, USA
- A. Cooper Drury - University of Missouri, USA
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International Relations (General)
International Relations (General)
February 2021 | 496 pages | CQ Press
IR: Seeking Security, Prosperity, and Quality of Life in a Changing World invites students into the debates in world politics and supports them as they engage with ideas and events by providing a clear introduction to not just what happens, but why and how it happens. Assuming no prior knowledge about international relations, award-winning teachers and scholars James M. Scott, Ralph G. Carter, and A. Cooper Drury meet students where they are and provide them with a framework to make sense of the complicated events and interactions of world politics.
The latest edition is thoroughly updated to provide insights into recent world developments.
CHAPTER 1. WORLD POLITICS: Seeking Security, Prosperity, and Quality of Life in a Complicated and Connected World
PART I: THEORY AND PRACTICE
CHAPTER 2. THE PLAYERS AND THE PLAYING FIELD: Anarchy, States, and Non-State Actors
CHAPTER 3. POWERFUL IDEAS: Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism
CHAPTER 4. ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PART II: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
CHAPTER 5. UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT: The Nature and Causes of Conflict and War
CHAPTER 6. SEEKING SECURITY: Managing Conflict and War
CHAPTER 7. BUILDING PEACE: Structures of Cooperation
PART III: ECONOMIC SECURITY
CHAPTER 8. THE PURSUIT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY: Trade, Finance, and Integration
CHAPTER 9. ECONOMIC STATECRAFT: Sanctions, Aid, and Their Consequences
CHAPTER 10. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Relations Between the Haves and Have-Nots
PART IV: HUMAN SECURITY
CHAPTER 11. HUMAN RIGHTS: People, Human Security, and World Politics
CHAPTER 12. MANAGING THE GLOBAL COMMONS: Whose Responsibility?
CHAPTER 13. TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS: Changing the World?
PART V: LOOKING AHEAD
CHAPTER 14. SECURITY, PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE BALANCE: Future Directions and Challenges