Shiraev, E: International Relations

Using a guiding framework of Ideas, Arguments, and Contexts and Applications, International Relations shows students how to think critically about issues in world politics. Each chapter first describes key concepts and developments, then presents the main theoretical and analytical approaches, and finally applies those approaches within individual, state, and global contexts. The authors provide extensive historical information throughout, and each chapter closes with an extended case study ( "The Uses of History ") that demonstrates how what we have learned from the past can influence our future actions.