The fifth edition of this bestselling text provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to International Relations theories. This essential primer has been radically updated to cover the dramatic changes in recent world politics. Written in the author’s unique and lively style, this text offers a comprehensive account of the classic concerns of international relations – foreign policy, security and global governance – alongside contemporary issues and perspectives.
The costs of the financial crisis continue to be borne by ordinary citizens as the gap between the richest and the poorest continues to grow both within nations and internationally. The structural factors that made this and other crises possible continue to pose an increasingly serious threat to global stability. Events including Brexit and the Russian armed conflict in Ukraine are just some of the many threats that threaten to destabilise the rule-based international order of the past decades. This book offers a refreshingly accessible introduction to the various perspectives to make sense of contemporary world politics, including the rise and fall of the so-called Islamic State, the refugee crisis, and the increase in populism around the world. Things are up in the air in the way they have not been since the 1940s, and Chris Brown systematically shows how to understand these changes.
The text remains the most definitive guide to the dramatic shifts in politics, and is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of International Relations, at any stage of their studies.
- ISBN: 978-1-137-61171-0
- Editorial: Red Globe Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 28/11/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés