Principles of international politics / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, 1946- author.

Series:

Sage knowledge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (566 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press, 2017.

Summary:

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, who set the standard for the scientific approach to international relations, has returned with a reformulated fifth edition based on extensive reviewer feedback and newly guided by an emphasis on questions about the causes and consequences of war, peace, and world order. More than ever before, the strategic perspective in international relations is examined with complete clarity, precision, and accessibility. What hasn't changed is Bueno de Mesquita's commitment to covering the fundamentals of IR. The foundational topics are all given sustained treatment: the major theories of war, the domestic sources of international politics, the democratic peace, the problems of terrorism, the role of foreign aid, democratization, international political economy, globalization, international organizations and law, human rights, and the global environment. -- ...

Contents:

Section I. Foundations

Section II. War

Section III. Peace

Section IV. World order.

Notes:

Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-522) and index.

Description based on MARC record for print version.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781506374550 (ebook) :

OCLC:

1017725752

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.