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From the award-winning team behind the International Encyclopaedia of Political Science... Moving beyond mainstream “traditional” approaches to bring you a new advanced-level introduction to political science. A perfect introduction for postgraduates who are new to political science, as well as upper-level undergraduates looking to broaden and deepen their understanding of core topics, this progressive account: • Guides you through all key areas of political science: origins, methodological foundations, key topics, and current issues • Takes an international and pluralist perspective with all issues explored in a comparative way related to different cultural and historical contexts • Includes pulled-out descriptions of major concepts, further reading and self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter.
The Globalization of International Politics
The Globalization of International Politics
Key terms
- Constructivism (IR)
- Deterrence
- Geopolitics
- Hegemony
- Idealism (IR)
- Imperialism
- Liberalism
- Linkage
- Nuclear proliferation
- Peace
- Realism
- Washington consensus
Introduction
International relations (IR) have always been given a special status in political science. In a traditional perspective, it aimed to investigate the relationship among sovereign nation-states. We will see that this view has become very much questioned nowadays. In the USA, as well as in the UK, this discipline developed apart from political science, even if it was strongly influenced by theories, concepts and methods elaborated by political scientists. Moreover, in the UK, IR has always had a multi-disciplinary background, while in the USA its strong autonomy does not preclude its dominant political orientation. On the Continent and elsewhere in the world, IR is much more embedded into political science, ...
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