Classic Readings and Contemporary Debates in International Relations

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Classic Readings and Contemporary Debates in International Relations

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By bringing together a unique collection of articles by well-known scholars and analysts, representing a wide range of classic and contemporary viewpoints on international relations, CLASSIC READINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS provides students with an understanding of the diversity of approaches to the study of international relations and an appreciation of the key concepts and frameworks. Familiar themes of peace and war, conflict and cooperation, independence and interdependence, order and disorder, anarchy and society, sovereignty and intervention, power and hierarchy organize the readings while introductions in each section provide an overview and guide and provide assessment and analysis by the author.

About the Author
Phil Williams is Professor of International Affairs and Public and Urban Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southampton and his teaching and research areas include security studies, foreign policy analysis, transnational organized crime, and terrorism. Publications include: "Transnational Criminal Organizations: Strategic Alliances", Washington Quarterly (Winter 1995); "Russian Organized Crime: The New Threat", ed. (Frank Cass Publishers, 1997). "Human Commodity Trafficking", ed. (Frank Cass Publishers, 1999). Donald M. Goldstein is Professor of Asian Studies (University Center for International Studies) and Eastern European Studies as well as Public and International Affairs at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and is a Member of Ridgway Center. His teaching and research areas include history, public administration, political science, arms control, national interest and national security, theory and practice of international affairs, foreign policy process, international relations, administrative theory. He has taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, Troy State University and the University of Pittsburgh. In 2002, he was awarded the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Pittsburgh. Jay M. Shafritz is Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He is the author, co-author, or editor of over forty textbooks and reference books on business and public administration. He holds a doctorate from Temple University and an MPA from the Baruch College of the City University of New York.

Classic Readings and Contemporary Debates in International Relations,Phil Williams,Donald M. Goldstein,Jay M. Shafritz,Wadsworth Publishing,0534631894,General,History & Theory - General,International Relations - General,International relations,Political Science,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Political Science / General

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