International Relations plus MyPoliSciKit Access Card:International Edition

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Features

Comprehensive coverage of international relations theory. International Relations offers the widest survey of theoretical perspectives, ranging from realism and liberalism to feminism, peace studies, postmodernism, and constructivism. In addition, text-wide discussion of three core principles–dominance, reciprocity, and identity–offer a consistent opportunity to consider the application of theory to different issues.

Balanced emphasis on international security and international political economy. Goldstein/Pevehouse is the only text that equally covers security and economic issues and illustrates how these issues overlap and affect each other. Part I includes chapters on foreign policy, international conflict, military force, and international organizations and law while Part II includes chapters on trade, money and business, global and regional integration, environmental politics and population growth, North-South relations, and international development.

Historical context throughout the text. To place recent trends in the context of the international system’s evolution in the 20th and 21stcenturies, Chapter 1 presents a brief historical survey, and timelines throughout the text provide historical background when needed.

Unparalleled focus on critical thinking. Pedagogical features in every chapter encourage students to make connections between current events and concepts:

• “Policy Perspectives” boxes ask students to take the perspective of a national leader faced with a real-world situation and to develop a policy in response. These boxes bridge theory and policy and reveal the tradeoffs inherent to decision-making and the connections between foreign and domestic politics.

• “Let’s Debate the Issue” boxes focus on controversies emerging from globalization and invite students to develop a position on them. Placed at each chapter’s end, these boxes help students use the concepts they just read and prepare for active participation in class.

• “Careers in IR” boxes help students see the relevance of and the job possibilities in international relations. Careers covered include positions in nongovernmental organizations, government and diplomacy, international business, and teaching/research.

The most extensive use of illustrations. The numerous four-color figures, tables, photos, and maps enliven the text’s narrative, make abstract concepts more concrete, and facilitate critical thinking:

• Figures and tables present and clarify quantitative data so students can scrutinize the implications of different theories and policies for themselves.

• Photos and in-depth captions provide visual examples of important concepts and current events.

• Maps located throughout the text and in a mini-atlas at the text’s beginning help students learn basic geography and link politics to places.

Integrated study guide. Each chapter concludes with a chapter summary, list of key terms, and critical thinking questions.

“Global Challenges in 2030.” This special insert, exclusive to International Relations, focuses on major problems that the world will face over the next 20 years and that students will need to tackle in their lifetimes. The eight original contributions by leading international relations scholars set a practical agenda for students to engage as they are introduced to the formal study of international relations. Contributors and topics include:

• Joseph S. Nye, Jr. on “Diversifying American Power"

• Beth A. Simmons on “Institutionalizing Human Rights"

• Shibley Telhami on “Understanding Attitudes on Middle East Peace”

• John Gerard Ruggie on “Governing Transnational Corporations”

• Charli Carpenter on “Securing the Seas”

• Andrew Moravcsik on “Affirming Democracy in International Organizations”

• Daniel W. Drezner on “Regulating Global Complexity”

• Michael W. Doyle on “Democratizing World Politics”

MyPoliSciKit for International Relations (www.mypoliscikit.com). This premium online learning companion features multimedia and interactive activities to help students connect concepts and current events. The book-specific assessment, video case studies, simulations, mapping exercises, Financial Times newsfeeds, weekly current events quizzes, and politics blog encourage comprehension and critical thinking. With Grade Tracker, instructors can easily follow students’ work on the site and their progress on each activity. Use ISBN 0-205-07406-5 to order this book with MyPoliSciKit at no extra charge. To learn more, please visit www.mypoliscikit.com or contact your Pearson representative.

Open-access companion website (www.internationalrelations.com). This website offers a collection of learning tools to help students as they read through each chapter. There, they can take practice tests, follow links to videos that illustrate key concepts, hear the authors discuss major themes in IR and apply them to current events, and download CIA data on other countries, Spanish and Portugues translations of the glossary, and more.

New to this Edition

• The most up-to-date analysis of world affairs available in any introductory text helps students become more informed of political, economic, and cultural events throughout the world and then go beyond the headlines to see the broader patterns in international relations. In addition to many new photos from the world’s hotspots and figures and tables with the latest data, the tenth edition covers European economic difficulties and its implications for EU cooperation; the war in Afghanistan and the U.S. decision to increase force levels there; continued violence in Pakistan; Iran’s continued confrontation with the UN Security Council; the United States, and the European Union over its nuclear program; China’s resistance to U.S. mediation of the Spratly Island conflicts; new EU rules and procedures implemented as a result of the Lisbon treaty; China’s continued economic growth despite the global economic downturn; rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula; and the new U.S.-Russian arms control treaty signed in 2010.

• A new Chapter 4, “Foreign Policy” surveys models of foreign policy decision-making and underscores how domestic politics influences international relations in both positive and negative ways.

• Chapter 6, “Military Force and Terrorism” includes a more in-depth discussion of counter-terrorism.

• Chapter 7, “International Organization, Law, and Human Rights” surveys important international human rights institutions.

• Chapter 9, “Global Finance and Business” evaluates the role of migrant remittances in the global economy and provides an update on China’s rise in the global economic structure.

• Chapter 10, “International Integration” discusses the changes to EU rules and procedures resulting from the Lisbon Treaty.

• Chapter 13, “International Development” reconsiders foreign aid in light of the significant research and controversies that have occurred in the last five years.

• A new boxed feature, “Seeking the Collective Good,” returns to the book’s core theme—the collective goods problem—in each chapter by presenting an example of a collective good that states want and showing how the three core principles—dominance, reciprocity, and identity—are used to provide it. Topics include:
  • Chapter 2. NATO in Afghanistan

  • Chapter 3. Great Nations Pay Their Bills

  • Chapter 4. Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

  • Chapter 5. Peace in Latin America

  • Chapter 6. Arms Control

  • Chapter 7. Responsibility to Protect

  • Chapter 8. Freer Trade

  • Chapter 9. Currency Stability

  • Chapter 10. Bailing Out Greece

  • Chapter 11. Global Warming

  • Chapter 12. The Refugee Regime

  • Chapter 13. Trick or Treat for UNICEF

• Every table and figure features the most recent data.

• Dozens of new photos reflect major events from the last year while reinforcing key concepts in the text.

• With Passport for International Relations, choose resources you want from MyPoliSciKit and put links to them into your course management system. If there is assessment associated with those resources, it also can be uploaded, allowing the results to feed directly into your course management system’s gradebook. With over 150 MyPoliSciKit assets like video case studies, mapping exercises, comparative exercises, simulations, podcasts, Financial Times newsfeeds, current events quizzes, politics blog, and much more, Passport is available for any Pearson introductory or upper-level political science book. Use ISBN 0-205-07407-3 to order Passport with this book. To learn more, please contact your Pearson representative.

• Every week, The Economist analyzes the important happenings around the globe. From business to politics, to the arts and science, its coverage connects seemingly unrelated events in unexpected ways. Use ISBN 0-205-00256-0 to order a 15-week subscription with this book for a small additional charge. To learn more, please contact your Pearson representative.

• Featuring international news and analysis from journalists in more than 50 countries, The Financial Times provides insights and perspectives on political and economic a developments around the world. Use ISBN 0-205-07391-3 to order a 15-week subscription with this book for a small additional charge. To learn more, please contact your Pearson representative.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Globalization of International Relations

Chapter 2. Realist Theories

Chapter 3. Liberal and Social Theories       

Chapter 4. Foreign Policy 

Chapter 5. International Conflict 

Chapter 6. Military Force and Terrorism 

Chapter 7. International Organization, Law, and Human Rights 

Chapter 8. International Trade 

Chapter 9. Global Finance and Business 

Chapter 10. International Integration 

Chapter 11. Environment and Population 

Chapter 12. The North-South Gap 

Chapter 13. International Development

Chapter 14. Postscript

Author

Joshua S. Goldstein is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at American University, Nonresident Sadat Senior Fellow at the University of Maryland's CIDCM, and Research Scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the recipient of the International Studies Association's 2001-2010 Best Book of the Decade Award for War and Gender (Cambridge University Press, 2001).

Jon C. Pevehouse is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the recipient of the International Studies Association's 2009 Karl Deutsch Award.

Reader Review(s)

“International Relations has long been the best introduction to the field. It perfectly balances different theoretical approaches to international politics, theoretical and empirical material, and major topics like international security, international political economy, and global social issues. In particular, its coverage of war, civil conflict, and terrorism is outstanding and especially relevant today.”—Andrew Kydd, University of Wisconsin—Madison

“Students have realized that women–as factory workers, as peace activists, as political thinkers–need to be discussed in IR courses. Goldstein and Pevehouse’s up-to-the-minute, engaging introductory text responds to this need.”–Cynthia Enloe, Clark University

“Goldstein and Pevehouse have uniquely written a text that is a perfect fit not just for introductory international relations courses but also for multidisciplinary international studies courses. Better than anyone, they sensibly combine political science, economics, history, and more with plenty of illustrative regional examples to help my students build a comprehensive picture of the world.”–David Bearce, University of Colorado–Boulder