WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION offers analysis of the most up-to-date data, research, and contemporary events from today's international political stage. Students will understand what is happening today and why. The 2016-2017 Edition incorporates recent challenges to global peace and prosperity, and the latest on international organizations, advances in military technology, a look at the changing nuclear environment in Iran, an expanded discussion on human rights, an enhanced discussion of global health threats, new data from World Development Indicators, and more. A partnership with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs provides additional coverage of contemporary issues. The authors present each issue in a thought-provoking way that encourages students to critically assess the problems, payoffs, pitfalls, and paradoxes of people's choices about the global future and the probable impact those choices will have on students in the future. Now, the book is also available in a variety of formats with MindTap Political Science for Blanton/Kegley's World Politics: Trend and Transformation is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers.
Functions perfectly fine as a text book. I always think there must be better ways to explain these large concepts, but I can't necessarily recommend a text that does them better. Better pray you have a good prof, I guess!
Used for International Relations at JCCC, Spring 2017
I read this book back in one of the IR undergraduate classes. It's been a long time. I re-read the book again (10 years later), I must admit, I now see the world differently and I was not able to fully understand these big ideas rather than passing the class. Reading it as pleasure now, Mannn... this book is well written with full facts about what theories and model for keeping the world running and the reality of the geopolitical factors and personalities of world leaders that can influence everyone of our lives.
It was refreshing to read a book on politics that lacked a political lean/spin. Theory was explained, and facts were presented on all sides of the issues discussed.