World Politics : Trend and Transformation
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Book Description
WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION is the best selling text in International Relations, because of its trusted balance in coverage and approach, unmatched by any other text for the course. By analyzing both historical and contemporary trends and developments, utilizing theoretical concepts, and weaving in the interactions of global actors, WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION resists the temptation to overly simplify world politics, presenting the material in a thought-provoking yet accessible manner while preparing students to assess the possibilities for the global future and its potential impact on their lives. The major theories scholars use to explain the dynamics underlying international relations?realism, liberalism, and their variants?frame the text. At the same time, this book incorporates the reconstructed theories newly advanced to interpret contemporary developments (such as constructivism and feminist theory) and resists the temptation to oversimplify world politics with a superficial treatment that would mask complexities and distort realities. In addition, major actors and current issues such as global welfare, international economics, ecology, and the environment are covered, as well as issues of global conflict, including the changing face of terrorism, national security, warfare, and approaches to peace.
About the Author
Charles W. Kegley, Jr., is Pearce Professor of International Relations at University of South Carolina. A past president of the International Studies Association (1993-1994), he has held appointments at Georgetown University, the University of Texas, Rutgers University, and the People's University of China. He has written and edited over 45 books and over 100 articles published in scholarly journals on international relations and world politics including the Wittkopf/Kegley/Scott, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, Sixth Edition (2003). Eugene R. Wittkopf received his doctorate from Syracuse University and is R. Downs Poindexter Endowed Professor of Political Science at Louisiana State University. He has also held appointments at the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wittkopf is author of FACES OF INTERNATIONALISM: PUBLIC OPINION AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY (Duke University Press, 1990), co-author of WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION (2004), and editor or co-editor of several other books. He has also published widely in the professional literature on international politics and foreign policy. He was received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Foreign Policy Analysis section of the International Studies Association in 2002. In 1977 he was named Distinguished Research Master of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences by Louisiana States University, the highest award given by the University in recognition of faculty contributions to research and scholarship.
World Politics: Trend and Transformation,Charles W. Kegley,Eugene R. Wittkopf,Wadsworth Publishing,0534602207,General,International relations,Political Science,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Textbooks,World politics, 1989-,Political Science / General
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