Issues in 21st Century World Politics by Mark Beeson

Issues in 21st Century World Politics by Mark Beeson

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From climate change and financial crisis to new security challenges and the rise of new powers, this major text brings together specially-commissioned and carefully edited contributions by a range of leading scholars to provide a very accessible and genuinely global introduction to the key issues in international relations today.

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Issues in 21st Century World Politics by Mark Beeson

A fresh, new text introducing the key issues that shape the nature of the international system and global politics in the 21st Century. Suitable for students on introductory courses considering the substance of IR and global politics, this is a major title. The book offers a modern approach to the subject of world politics and covers an increased number of issues, such as the financial crises and migration, in order to reflect the expansion of course curricula in recent years. With contributions from a team of leading international scholars this is a dynamic yet focussed text designed to spark interest and understanding.
"This excellent and well integrated collection of high-quality chapters introduces and addresses the key questions that face the international system in the first half of the twenty-first centuryReadable and engaging, it is a must buy for students of world politics." - Professor Michael Cox, London School of Economics. "Combining intellectual rigor and contemporary focus, a wide-ranging portrait of the global system bringing together leading scholars to reflect on the great changes underway in world politics " - Professor G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University '[W]ell written, insightful, and tightly argued essays on important issues... address their subjects with keen analytic eyes that provide the reader with information, vision, and insights... [A]n important and useful book.' - A.J. Waskey, Choice '[A]n excellent outline of the main challenges confronting twenty-first-century international politics... The breadth and scope of Beeson and Bisley's collection makes it an invaluable reference sources for anyone interested in the chaning patterns and possible future trajectories of world affairs.' - Emilian Kavalski, Political Studies
MARK BEESON is Winthrop Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Western Australia and formerly Professor of International Relations, University of Birmingham, UK. NICK BISLEY is Associate Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University, Australia.
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ISBN 13 9780230594524
ISBN 10 0230594522
Title Issues in 21st Century World Politics
Author Mark Beeson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 2010-04-09
Number of pages 312
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.