International Relations

"Featuring 16 new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts, now in its fourth edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up to date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations"--

"Featuring 16 new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts, now in its fourth edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up to date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations"--

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of key concepts -- Introduction -- African Union -- Alliance -- Anarchy -- Anthropocene -- Appeasement -- Arab League -- Arab Spring -- Arms control -- Arms trade -- Authoritarian populism -- Balance of Power -- Borders -- Bretton Woods -- Brexit -- Bush Doctrine -- Capital Controls -- Capitalism -- Citizenship -- Clash of civilisations -- Climate change -- Coercion -- Cold war -- Collective security -- Communism -- Communitarianism -- Concert of powers -- Constructivism -- Containment -- Cosmopolitanism -- Crisis -- Critical theory -- Debt Trap -- Decolonisation -- Democratic peace -- Democratisation -- Dependency -- Deterrence -- Development -- Diaspora -- Digital divide -- Dignity -- Diplomacy -- Disarmament -- Embedded Liberalism -- Emotions -- End of history -- Enemy combatant -- English School -- Ethnic cleansing -- Ethnicity -- Euro -- European Union (EU) -- Exploitation -- Extraterritoriality -- Failed State -- Feminism -- Foreign aid -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) -- Free trade -- Functionalism -- Gender -- Genocide -- Geopolitics -- Global civil society -- Global financial crisis -- Global governance -- Global justice -- Global South -- Globalisation -- Governmentality -- Great powers -- Group of twenty (G-20) -- Hegemonic Stability Theory -- Hegemony -- Hierarchy -- Historical sociology -- Human rights -- Human security -- Humanitarian intervention -- Idealism -- Imperialism -- Integration -- Interdependence -- International Criminal Court (ICC) -- International criminal tribunals -- International law -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- International political economy -- Intersectionality -- International society -- Irredentism -- Isolationism -- Jihad -- Just war -- League of Nations -- Legitimacy -- Levels of analysis.

International Relations theory has been the site of intense debate in recent years. A decade ago it was still possible to divide the field between three main perspectives - Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism. Not only have these approaches evolved in new directions, they have been joined by a number of new 'isms' vying for attention, including feminism and constructivism. International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century is the first comprehensive textbook to provide an overview of all the most important theories within international relations. Written by an international team of experts in the field, the book covers both traditional approaches, such as realism and liberal internationalism, as well as new developments such as constructivism, poststructuralism and postcolonialism.

Worldviews and IR theory: conquest or coexistence? / Martin Griffiths -- Realism / Colin Elman -- Liberal internationalism / John Macmillan -- Marxism / Mark Rupert -- Critical theory / Andrew Linklater -- Constructivism / Andrew Bradley Phillips -- The English school / Alex J. Bellamy -- Poststructuralism / Jenny Edkins -- Feminism / Cynthia Enloe -- Postcolonialism / Rita Abrahamsen -- Theories of state formation / Heather Rae -- International political economy / Tom Conley -- Worldviews and international political theory / Anthony J. Langlois