Introduction to International Relations, An: Opening the Global System, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (December 3, 2020) © 2021

  • Patrick J. McDonald University of Texas, Austin
  • Terrence L. Chapman University of Texas, Austin
  • Robert G. Moser University of Texas, Austin
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An Introduction to International Relations: Opening the Global System offers an engaging, module-based presentation of key IR concepts. Authors Patrick McDonald, Terrence Chapman and Robert Moser break the traditional IR curriculum into 35 concise modules. By presenting the material in these manageable "chunks," the authors meet the current generation of students where they are.

An emphasis on real-world application of concepts helps you make sense of the complicated world you hear about in the news. To highlight the relevance of IR, the authors illuminate key concepts via discussion of contemporary stories such as Brexit, the civil wars in Syria and Ukraine, and the North Korean nuclear crisis.

1. Studying International Relations
2. The International System
3. Thinking Theoretically about International Relations
4. Rationalist Approaches in International Relations
5. Social and Psychological Approaches to International Relations
6. Critical Approaches in International Relations
7. War
8. The Origins of War, Part I
9. The Origins of War, Part II
10. War, War Termination, and the Global Political Order
11. Military Power and Security Politics
12. Civil War and International Relations
13. Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Deterrence
14. Threats to Nuclear Deterrence: Credibility, Missile Defense, and Nuclear Proliferation
15. Terrorism and Counterterrorism
16. Organized Coercion, War, and Political Order
17. States, Sovereignty, and Failed States
18. Domestic Politics and International Relations
19. Democracy in International Relations
20. Great Power Politics
21. Global Governance
22. International Law
23. International Norms
24. Collective Identity in International Relations
25. Global Civil Society and Transnational Activists
26. Global Economic Integration
27. Trade Policy
28. The International Politics of Exchange Rates
29. The International Politics of Capital Flows
30. International Organizations in the Global Economy
31. Poverty and Development
32. International Migration
33. Environmental Politics
34. Global Economic Integration and the State
35. Stability and Change in the International System

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