Handbook of international relations /

Carlsnaes, Walter.

Handbook of international relations / edited by Walter Carisnaes, Thomas Risse and Beth A. Simmons. - London : Sage Publication, c2002. - zz, 571 p. 25 cm.

Part I introduces the intellectual history of the discipline, the major approaches within the field, and on-going theoretical debates, including those between rationalist and constructivist approaches. Part II outlines the key concepts and contextual factors central to contemporary International Relations ( IR ) research and introduces a number of the core analytical concerns that have come to characterize the field. Topics include sovereignty, power, international orgnaization, and globaliization. Part III reviews a number of the key substanstive processes and issues in IR. Subjects included are finance, trade, development, the environment, and human rights.

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International relations.

R JZ 1242 .H191 2002.