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Sage Handbook of International Relations 2012 Edition by Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, Beth A Simmons
The original Handbook of International Relations was the first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the field of international relations. In this eagerly-awaited new edition, the Editors have once again drawn together a team of the world's leading scholars of international relations to provide a state-of-the-art review and indispensable guide to the field, ensuring its position as the pre-eminent volume of its kind.The Second Edition has been expanded to 33 chapters and fully revised, with new chapters on the following contemporary topics:- Normative Theory in IR- Critical Theories and Poststructuralism- Efforts at Theoretical Synthesis in IR: Possibilities and Limits- International Law and International Relations- Transnational Diffusion: Norms, Ideas and Policies- Comparative Regionalism - Nationalism and Ethnicity - Geopolitics in the 21st Century- Terrorism and International Relations- Religion and International Politics- International MigrationA truly international undertaking, this Handbook reviews the many historical, philosophical, analytical and normative roots to the discipline and covers the key contemporary topics of research and debate today. The Handbook of International Relations remains an essential benchmark publication for all advanced undergraduates, graduate students and academics in politics and international relations. Table of contents :- PART ONE: HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSOn the History and Historiography of International Relations - Brian C. SchmidtPhilosophy of Social Science and International Relations - Colin WightEthics and Norms in International Relations - Andrew Hurrell & Terry MacdonaldRational Choice and International Relations - Duncan SnidalConstructivism in International Relations: Sources, Contributions and Debates - Emanuel AdlerCritical Theory, Post-Structuralism and Post-Colonialism - Maja ZehfussFeminist Perspectives on International Relations - Laura Sjoberg & J. Ann TicknerPsychological Explanations of International Decision-Making and Collective Behavior - Janice Gross SteinTheoretical Pluralism in IR: Possibilities and Limits - Jeffrey T. CheckelPART TWO: STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSState, Sovereignty and Territory - Thomas J. BierstekerPower and International Relations - David A. BaldwinForeign Policy - Walter CarlsnaesInternational Organizations and Institutions - Lisa L. Martin & Beth A. SimmonsInternational Law - Beth SimmonsNegotiation and Bargaining - John OdellGlobalization and Global Governance - Michael Z rnTransnational Actors and World Politics - Thomas RisseTransnational Diffusion: Norms, Ideas and Policies - Fabrizio GilardiDomestic Politics and International Relations - Kenneth SchultzComparative Regionalism: European Integration and beyond - Tanja A. BoerzelNationalism and Ethnicity in International Relations - Lars-Erik CedermanGreat Power Hierarchies and Strategies in 21st Century World Politics - David A. LakePART THREE: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSInterstate War and Peace - Jack S. LevySecurity Co-Operation - Harald M llerTerrorism and Counterterrorism - Ethan Buena de MesquitaCivil Wars, Conflict Resolution and Bargaining Theory - Barbara F. WalterReligion and International Relations Theory - Monica Duffy ToftInternational Finance - Michael TomzInternational Trade - Helen V. MilnerInternational Migration - Gallya Lahav & Sandra LavenexDevelopment and International Relations - Jana Hoenke & Markus LedererInternational Environmental Politics - Ronald B. MitchellInternational Human Rights - Hans Peter Schmitz and Kathryn Sikkink