An Introduction to International RelationsInvaluable to students and those approaching the subject for the first time, An Introduction to International Relations, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to international relations, its traditions and its changing nature in an era of globalisation. Thoroughly revised and updated, it features chapters written by a range of experts from around the world. It presents a global perspective on the theories, history, developments and debates that shape this dynamic discipline and contemporary world politics. Now in full-colour and accompanied by a password-protected companion website featuring additional chapters and case studies, this is the indispensable guide to the study of international relations. |
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... Bosnia and elsewhere – is that of the international community's 'responsibility to protect' populations at risk from genocide and other mass atrocity crimes. Cutting across the centuries-old notion that state sovereignty was ...
... Bosnia and elsewhere – is that of the international community's 'responsibility to protect' populations at risk from genocide and other mass atrocity crimes. Cutting across the centuries-old notion that state sovereignty was ...
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He was Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1996, and co-chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, which published the Responsibility to protect report in 2004, ...
He was Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1996, and co-chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, which published the Responsibility to protect report in 2004, ...
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Conclusion Questions Further reading Humanitarian Intervention Thomas G. Weiss Introduction The origins of humanitarianism A short history of humanitarian intervention The responsibility to protect Noel Morada: Responsibility to protect ...
Conclusion Questions Further reading Humanitarian Intervention Thomas G. Weiss Introduction The origins of humanitarianism A short history of humanitarian intervention The responsibility to protect Noel Morada: Responsibility to protect ...
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... Mission Statement Key texts: Chapter VII of the UN Charter Key texts: The responsibility to protect: Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) Discussion points: Key human rights instruments ...
... Mission Statement Key texts: Chapter VII of the UN Charter Key texts: The responsibility to protect: Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) Discussion points: Key human rights instruments ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 21 | |
2 Realism | 35 |
3 Liberalism | 48 |
4 Marxism and Critical Theory | 62 |
5 Feminism | 76 |
6 Postmodernism | 91 |
7 Constructivism | 103 |
20 The Cold War | 281 |
3 The New Agenda | 295 |
Multinational Corporations and International NonGovernmental Organisations | 310 |
23 Religion and Secularism | 322 |
24 Global Economic Institutions | 336 |
25 Global Trade | 348 |
26 Global Finance | 360 |
27 Global Poverty Inequality and Development | 372 |
8 Theories of Global Justice | 119 |
2 The Traditional Agenda | 133 |
10 Nations and Nationalism | 148 |
11 Security | 160 |
12 Arms Control | 172 |
13 The Causes of War | 189 |
14 The Changing Character of Warfare | 199 |
15 The Ethics and Laws of War | 218 |
16 International Law | 231 |
17 International Society and European Expansion | 243 |
18 Diplomacy | 256 |
19 Great Powers | 268 |
28 Globalisation and Its Critics | 386 |
29 Global Terrorism | 398 |
30 PostConflict StateBuilding | 414 |
31 Humanitarian Intervention | 426 |
32 Human Rights | 440 |
33 Migration and Refugees | 450 |
34 Global Environmental Politics | 462 |
35 Climate Change | 475 |
Glossary of Terms | 487 |
Bibliography | 502 |
Index | 542 |
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| Title | An Introduction to International Relations |
| Editors | Richard Devetak, Anthony Burke, Jim George |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1139505602, 9781139505604 |
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