Combining extensive commentary by the authors and excerpts from original scholarship, this fourth edition of 'International Relations Theory' evaluates all the theoretical perspectives that political scientists use to analyze world politics.
International relations and world politics
by Viotti, Paul R., Kauppi, Mark V.
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This introduction to contemporary international relations focuses on what has changed and what has remained the same since the end of the Cold War. Providing a strong conceptual, historical, and philosophical foundation, it identifies key perspectives (realism and pluralism) and…
This text is the longest-standing and best-selling IR theory text on the market, popular for the authors' clear and readable explanations of the various IR world views. We propose a sixth edition of our textbook that, since it was first published in 1987, has influenced two gene…
Theory meets intellectual history in this new and expanded edition of International Relations Theory. Long known for its concise presentation of the various images and interpretive understandings of how to approach the complexity of international politics, this edition devotes a…
Theory meets intellectual history in this new and expanded edition of International Relations Theory. Long known for its concise presentation of the various images and interpretive understandings of how to approach the complexity of international politics, this edition devotes a…