Introduction to International Relations

Description

Introduction to international Relations introduces students to the principal theories in international relations, combining incisive and original analysis with a clear and accessible writing style. and a range of helpful learning features.
Emphasizing the relationship between international relations theory and international relations practice, the authors carefully explain how particular theories organize and shape our view of the world.

Reviews

‘This work is an outstanding introduction to the theory of international relations. The authors cover a wide range of theoretical approaches and do so in a probing yet accessible manner. With its exemplary balance and clarity, the book deserves a wide readership among students young and old.’-DAVID HENDRICKSON, COLORADO COLLEGE

‘A unique and highly valuable textbook that offers students succinct understandings of diverse international relations theories and their relationship with one another.’-T.V. PAUL, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, CANADA

“This elegantly written, comprehensive, and masterful text introduces the major theoretical approaches-classical and contemporary-for understanding international relations and provides the intellectual context and tools to consider and evaluate their utility. The analyses of the theories are sophisticated but Jackson and Sorensen’s presentations of them are remarkably accessible for students encountering them for the first time. This new edition solidifies the volume’s standing as the finest introduction to lR theory currently available.’-MICHAEL STOHL, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

‘The fifth edition strengthens its position at the cutting-edge of the field. Accessible to students, and yet rich and sophisticated in insight, Jackson and Sorensen have written an outstanding textbook, judicious in interpretation and comprehensive in coverage.’-WILLIAM BAIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE