Key Concepts in International Relations (SAGE Key Concepts series) - Softcover

Diez, Thomas; Bode, Ingvild; Costa, Aleksandra Fernandes Da

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412928486 ISBN 13: 9781412928489

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

International relations is a vibrant field of significant growth and change. This book guides students through the complexities of the major theories of international relations and the debates that surround them, the core theoretical concepts, and the key contemporary issues. Introduced by an overview of the discipline′s development and general structure, the more than 40 entries are broken down as follows:

Parts one and two introduce the key theories and each chapter includes:

• A broad overview
• A discussion of methodologies
• A review of empirical applications
• A guide to further reading and useful websites

Part three discusses the major concepts and for each concept provides:

• An introduction to the core questions
• An overview of the definitions and theoretical perspectives
• A review of empirical problems
• Links to other entries, further reading and useful websites

Clear and highly readable, Key Concepts in International Relations is an essential guide for students on politics and international relations courses.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Diez is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Tübingen. He received his PhD from the University of Mannheim in 1999. From 1997 to 2000, he was Research Fellow at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute and subsequently, from 2000 to 2009, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and then Professor of International Relations and Head of Department at the University of Birmingham. He joined Tübingen in April 2009. Thomas has also taught in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Munich and Victoria (BC). Among his publications are The Routledge Handbook on Critical European Studies (co-editor, Routledge, 2021), The EU and Global Climate Justice (co-author, Routledge, 2021); The EU, Promoting Regional Integration, and Conflict Resolution (co-editor, Palgrave 2017), The Securitisation of Climate Change (co-author, Palgrave, 2016), Key Concepts in International Relations (co-author, Sage 2011), An Introduction to International Relations Theory: Perspectives and Themes (co-author, third edition Pearson 2010), European Integration Theory (co-editor, second edition Oxford UP 2009) and Cyprus: A Conflict at the Crossroads (co-editor, Manchester UP 2009). In September 2009, he received the Anna Lindh Award for his contribution to the field of European Foreign and Security Policy Studies. Thomas was President of the European International Studies Association (EISA) 2015-7.

From the Back Cover

The ideal course companion or primer for any undergraduate student of IR - the skeleton of the entire discipline in one accessible book.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412928486
• ISBN 13: 9781412928489
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280