"World Politics:The Menu for Choice", consistently praised as one of the best available combinations of theory and issues, provides students with the tools they need to understand the vast and complex subject of international relations. It incorporates current scholarship and insightful analysis and provides an accessible introduction to game theory as a model for analyzing international relations. The text, tables, and figures have been thoroughly updated and new material has been added which relates conceptual and analytic tools to contemporary developments in world affairs. Users have consistently praised this text as one of the best available combinations of theory and issues coverage.
Contents: PART 1: ANALYZING WORLD POLITICS
World Politics: Levels of Analysis, Choice and Constraint
Thinking about World Politics: Theory and Reality
International Actors: States and Other Players on the World Stage
The World System: International Structure and Polarity
Relations Between States: Power and Influence
Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy: Society and Polity
Individuals and World Politics: Roles, Perceptions and Decision Making
PART 2: INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION
Military Conflict: Why States and Other Actors Resort to Force
The Security Dilemma: Armament and Disarmament
International Law and Organization
Causes of Peace and Nonviolent Transformation
PART 3: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Political Economy of National Security and Defense
Interdependence and Economic Order
Regional Economic Integration and Globalization
Development and Underdevelopment: The North-South Gap
PART 4: CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Limits of Sovereignty: Humanity and the Commons
Conclusion: Which Global Future?