Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Images -- List of Maps -- Toolkit Exercises -- How-To Guides -- Abbreviations -- Tour of the Book -- Online Learning and Teaching Resources -- I UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM -- 1 Your view of the world -- All politics starts...

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1. Verfasser:	Dee, Megan (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Bloomsbury Academic 2024
Schlagworte:	Internationale Politik International relations / Study and teaching World politics / Study and teaching
Zusammenfassung:	Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Images -- List of Maps -- Toolkit Exercises -- How-To Guides -- Abbreviations -- Tour of the Book -- Online Learning and Teaching Resources -- I UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM -- 1 Your view of the world -- All politics starts with you -- The world in which we live -- The study of international politics -- Using the right TOOLS -- Overview of the textbook -- Conclusion -- 2 The evolution of the international system -- Understanding the international system -- The evolution of the international system -- Conclusion -- Toolkit: Is the United States an imperial power? -- How to - approach history in your political research -- 3 Theoretical foundations to the study of international politics -- Theory as an explanatory and interpretive tool -- Ontology, methodology and epistemology -- The origins of a discipline -- Summarizing realism and liberalism -- Conclusion -- Toolkit: Does a self-help international system mean states are concerned with relative gains? -- How to - paraphrase theoretical discourse in your politics writing -- 4 Critical and social theoretical approaches in international politics -- An evolving theoretical debate -- Marxism -- Postcolonialism -- Feminism -- Constructivism -- Comparing theoretical approaches in international politics -- Conclusion -- Toolkit: Does identity shape state behaviour in international politics? -- How to - apply theory to your research and writing -- 5 Refining your toolkit: The levels of analysis -- Refining your toolkit -- The levels of analysis -- The international level -- The state level -- The individual level -- Conclusion -- Toolkit: Why did the UK vote to leave the European Union? -- How to - use the levels of analysis approach -- II UNDERSTANDING THE ACTORS -- 6 The state -- Introducing the state -- The state as an actor. "Understanding International Politics offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to the key systems, actors, and issues of international politics. It covers core concepts and questions for political study, and presents a 'toolkit' that enables students to apply theory and historical context in independent research. This introduction frames complex international systems coherently by focusing on political players, and, as a single-authored work, delivers a consistent critical approach throughout"--
Beschreibung:	xxii, 331 Seiten
ISBN:	9781350381650 9781350381667