International Politics
Classic and Contemporary Readings

Second Edition

Edited by:

Scott P. Handler
Robert T. Person - United States Military Academy, USA

Courses:
International Relations & World Politics | International Relations Theory | Introduction to International Relations | Introduction to International Relations

January 2021 | 456 pages | CQ Press

Why do states do what they do? Who are the relevant nonstate actors in international politics and why do they do what they do? What causes conflict and cooperation in the international system? These are some of the most basic questions that the discipline of International Relations (IR) seeks to answer; they are also the questions that drive the objectives, organization and content of this book.

International Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings, Second Edition seeks to help students engage critically with some of the world’s most challenging questions through the use of leading classic and contemporary scholarship in the field of international relations. The first five chapters of the book explore the leading theoretical traditions in international relations, while subsequent chapters explore the themes of international security, international political economy, and contemporary challenges in international relations. This organization makes the book easy to use as standalone text or alongside core text. Class-tested on over 10,000 students in the last decade, this text was built from the ground up to introduce students to the traditions and new foundations of international relations as well to the principles of intellectually rigorous thought.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 - The Science of Politics

International Relations: One World, Many Theories

Stephen M. Walt

Leaving Theory Behind: Why Simplistic Hypothesis Testing Is Bad for International Relations

John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt

Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis

Kenneth N. Waltz

Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Graham T. Allison

Chapter 2 - Realism

A Realist Theory of International Politics

Hans J. Morgenthau

The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory

Kenneth N. Waltz

Anarchy and the Struggle for Power

John Mearsheimer

Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power

Stephen M. Walt

The Melian Dialogue

Thucydides

Chapter 3 - Liberalism

The Liberal Tradition and International Relations

Scott A. Silverstone

International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work?

Robert O. Keohane

The Great Illusion

Norman Angell

The Worlds of International Relations: The Military-Political World, The Trading World

Richard Rosecrance

Economic Interdependence and War: A Theory of Trade Expectations

Dale C. Copeland

Democracy, War and Expansion Through Historical Lenses

Bruce M. Russett

Democratization and War

Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder

Chapter 4 - Constructivism

Constructivism

Ian Hurd

Stigmatizing the Bomb: Origins of the Nuclear Taboo

Nina Tannenwald

International Norm Dynamics and Political Change

Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink

The Violence of Illusion

Amartya Sen

NSC 68: A Report to the National Security Council on United States Objectives and Programs for National Security

United States Government

Chapter 5 - Alternative Approaches in International Relations Theory

Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Dependence Theory: Concepts, Classifications, and Criticisms

Young Namkoong

Feminism Meets International Relations

Diana Thorburn

The Positivist Study of Gender and International Relations

Dan Reiter

Why Race Matters in International Relations

Kelebogile Zvobgo and Meredith Loken

Chapter 6 - International Security

Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma

Robert Jervis

Shifting Power and the Preventive War Option

Scott A. Silverstone

The Diplomacy of Violence

Thomas C. Schelling

Why Iran Should Get the Bomb

Kenneth N. Waltz

More Will Be Worse

Scott D. Sagan

Exploring the Bargaining Model of War

Dan Reiter

Understanding Civil War: A New Agenda

Paul Collier and Nicholas Sambanis

Transnational Dimensions of Civil War

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

Structural Causes of Oppositional Political Terrorism: Toward a Causal Model

Jeffrey Ian Ross

Chapter 7 - International Political Economy

What You Should Know About Globalization and the World Trade Organization

Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern

State Power and the Structure of International Trade

Stephen D. Krasner

Votes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial Openness

Witold J. Henisz and Edward D. Mansfield

The Free-Trade Paradox: The Bad Politics of a Good Idea

Alan S. Blinder

Why Globalization Stalled and How to Restart It

Fred Hu and Michael Spence

The Use and Misuse of Economic Statecraft

Jacob J. Lew and Richard Nephew

Chapter 8 - Contemporary Challenges in International Relations

Beyond the Failed State: Toward Conceptual Alternatives

Charles T. Call

Failed States in a World of Terror”

Robert I. Rotberg

Warming World: Why Climate Change Matters More Than Anything Else

Joshua Busby

Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Defense

How the U.S. Can Play Cyber Offense: Deterrence Isn’t Enough

Michael Sulmeyer

Will the Liberal Order Survive? The History of an Idea

Joseph S. Nye Jr.

America and the Geopolitics of Upheaval

Hal Brands and Eric Edelman

Key features

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

This edition has been shortened to eight thematic chapters, making it ideal for teaching a 16-week semester, a 12- or 13-week trimester, or a 10- or 11-week quarter.
Original readings have been trimmed in order to illuminate and clarify the key ideas that are difficult for undergrads to uncover.
New readings have been added to illustrate ongoing debates and contemporary challenges in the field of IR, such as:

Democracy, War, and Expansion Through Historical Lenses by Bruce Russett
Imperialism, the Highest State of Capitalism by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Dependency Theory by Young Namkoong
Feminism Meets International Relations by Diana Thorburn
The Positivist Study of Gender and International Relations by Dan Reiter
Why Race Matters in International Relations by Kelebogile Zvobgo and Meredith Loken
Understanding Civil War by Paul Collier and Nicholas Sambanis
Transnational Dimensions of Civil War by Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
Structural Causes of Oppositional Political Terrorism by Jeffrey Ian Ross
Beyond the ‘Failed State’ by Charles T. Call

KEY FEATURES:

Well-edited selections introduce the reader to the "heart" of the debate, without any loss of important context or content.
Substantial chapter introductions give the historical and scholarly context for each of the readings and help put the selections into conversation with one another.
Lists of discussion questions at the end of each of the chapters provide grounding for in-class discussion and debate.