International Politics

by Robert J. Art, Timothy W. Crawford (Editor), Robert Jervis (Editor)

Edited by two of the most respected international relations scholars, International Politics places contemporary essays alongside classics to survey the field’s diverse voices, concepts, and issues.

Challenging the reader to use original scholarship to recognize and analyze patterns in world politics, this bestselling reader considers how to effectively understand politics under governments and beyond. Carefully edited selections cover the most essential topics and are put into conversation with each other to illustrate fundamental debates and differing points of view. Comprehensive and engaging, International Politics offers the best overview of the discipline as well as the forces shaping the world today.

Genres: Politics, International Relations, Nonfiction, Political Science, History, Reference, Textbooks

632 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1984

Reviews

[Mayim de Vries]

A solid collection of canon readings in political sciences.

[Hossein Aghaie]

Without recourse to hyperbole, this is an IR bible, encapsulating a unique compilation of International Relations scholarship and works from Kenneth Waltz, Robert Jervis, Barry Buzan to new mover and shakers of the discipline. It is the most comprehensive coverage of important concepts, trends, and issues in international relation.

[Elissa]

i suffered too much and read too many pages from this not to log it

[Michael]

Ah, memories. Re-reading this freshman poli-sci collection of essays that introduced me to the world of international political theory was a blast from the past. It's interesting to see how some things never change ("Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma"), others seem to come from a world long-gone - at least for now - ("Peace, Stability, and Nuclear Weapons"), and still others are purely academic in the face of my own real life experience ("Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars"). One 1975 essay ("International Terrorism" by Brian M. Jenkins) was eerily prescient in its three specific predictions of the development of terrorism: the development of a worldwide terrorist organization (al Qaida), more extravagant attacks than the airline hijacking of the 70s (9/11), and the employment of terrorist groups as means of surrogate warfare (Iran and Hezbollah).

NOTE: Read the 6th edition (2003)

[Steven Peterson]

I once used the 1973 version of this book as a text when I taught International Relations. As an edited volume, its individual entries introduce students to a wide array of key essay.

Part One focuses on the anarchic environment of world politics, and the implications for understanding the behavior of states. Part Two explores the use of force, including special emphasis on force in the nuclear era. Part Three considers imperliamism and its various explanations. The final segment looks to the future of world politics.

A fine, albeit dated, volume. . . .

[Bmojaddidi]

a bunch of political and informative articles.... an excellent read though some articles are biased towards some group of people or some religious ideologies...

[Star Shining Forever]

Great collection of articles on various issues in International Relations.

[Robert Greer]

Explains some interesting topics and theories without coming off as too bias. You have to be really interested in the subject matter to stay with it.

[Camden]

Too conservative but aood collection of a variety of essays, needs more post/anti-colonial, marxist, feminist essays though instead of (or maybe in addition to ) constructivism.