Essential readings in world politics / [edited by] Karen A. Mingst and Jack L. Snyder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mingst, Karen A., 1947- editor.

Snyder, Jack L., editor.

Series:

Norton series in world politics

The Norton series in world politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xv, 763 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]

Summary:

Essential Readings in World Politics introduces students to important literature in international relations-from foundational theories to the contemporary issues that are debated by scholars today. Classic readings set the terms of debate, while new readings focus on the future of the international system and current global politics, particularly human rights, the environment, world health; and transnational crime. The Fifth Edition contains 40 percent new readings reflecting diverse perspectives on major topics in international relations, and headnotes provide the context and background that students need. Book jacket.

Contents:

1: Approaches to international relations

One world, rival theories / Jack Snyder

Melian dialogue / Thucydides

2: The historical context

The Fourteen Points / Woodrow Wilson

The sources of Soviet conduct / George F. Kennan

The future of history / Francis Fukuyama

3: Contending perspectives

A realist theory of international politics and political power / Hans J. Morgenthau

Anarchy and the struggle for power / John J. Mearsheimer

Liberalism and world politics / Michael W. Doyle

Anarchy is what states make of it : the social construction of power politics / Alexander Wendt

4: The international system

The balance of power ; Different methods of the balance of power ; Evaluation of the balance of power / Hans J. Morgenthau

Unipolarity, state behavior and systemic consequences / G. John Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno, and William C. Wohlforth

After unipolarity : China's visions of international order in an era of U.S. decline / Randall L. Schweller and Xiaoyu Pu

Legitimacy, hypocrisy, and the social structure of unipolarity : why being a unipole isn't all it's cracked up to be / Martha Finnemore

5: The state

Diplomacy and domestic politics : the logic of two-level games / Robert D. Putnam

Dealing with tyranny : international sanctions and the survival of authoritarian rulers / Abel Escribà-Folch and Joseph Wright

Sharing sovereignty : new institutions for collapsed and failing states / Stephen D. Krasner

The transformation of the Arab world / Oliver Roy

The clash of civilizations / Samuel P. Huntington

6: The individual

Hypotheses on misperception / Robert Jervis

We will not swallow this bitter fruit : theorizing a diplomacy of anger / Todd H. Hall

7: Intergovernmental organizations, international law, and nongovernmental organizations

From Does peacekeeping work? / Virginia Page Fortna

Bystanders to genocide : why the United States let the Rwandan tragedy happen / Samantha Power

From After hegemony / Robert O. Keohane

The false promise of international institutions / John J. Mearsheimer

Is humanitarian intervention legal? The rule of law in an incoherent world / Ian Hurd

Transnational advocacy networks in international politics / Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink

8: War and strife

War as an instrument of policy / Carl von Clausewitz

The diplomacy of violence / Thomas C. Schelling

Cooperation under the security dilemma / Robert Jervis

Rationalist explanations for war / James D. Fearon

A nuclear-armed Iran : a difficult but not impossible policy problem / Barry R. Posen

Why Iran should get the bomb : nuclear balancing would mean stability / Kenneth N. Waltz

The sStrategies of tTerrorism / Andrew H. Kydd and Barbara F. Walter

Changing norms of humanitarian intervention / Martha Finnemore

9: International political economy

The nature of political economy / Robert Gilpin

Capitalist peace or democratic peace? / Erik Gartzke

Globalization, development, and international institutions : normative and positive perspectives / Helen V. Milner

The irony of global economic governance : the system worked / Daniel W. Drezner

Globalisation with growth and equity : can we really have it all? / Lloyd Gruber

Lost in globalization : international economic integration and the sources of popular discontent / Yotam Margalit

Oil, economic growth, and political institutions / Michael L. Ross

10: Human rights

Human rights and capabilities / Amartya Sen

Human rights and cultural relativism / Jack Donnelly

Justice lost! The failure of international human rights law to matter where needed most / Emilie M. Hafner-Burton and Kiyoteru Tsutsui

11: Transnational issues

The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin

Institutions and the environment / Elinor Ostrom

The regime complex for climate change / Robert O. Keohane and David G. Victor

Developing symptons : noncommunicable diseases go global / Thomas J. Bollyky.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780393921960

0393921964

OCLC:

855491788