Nye, Joseph S.

Understanding global conflict and cooperation : an introduction to theory and history / Joseph S. Nye, Jr., David A. Welch. - Ninth edition - India : Pearson, 2015. - 372 p. : ill., maps b&w ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Glossary --
Ch. 2. Are there enduring logics of conflict and cooperation in world politics? --
Ch. 3. Explaining conflict and cooperation : tools and techniques of the trade --
Ch. 4. From Westphalia to World War I --
Ch. 5. The failure of collective security and World War II --
Ch. 6. The Cold War --
Ch. 7. Post-Cold War cooperation, conflict, flashpoints --
Ch. 8. Globalization and interdependence --
Ch. 9. The information revolution and transnational actors --
Ch. 10. What can we expect in the future?

This book is a brief and penetrating introduction to the study of world politics in an era of complex interdependence. This text employs lessons from both theory and history to evaluate conflict and cooperation among global actors and to provide students with a resilient analytical framework. From twentieth and twenty-first century conflicts to global trade and finance, global governance, and the information revolution, this book expands substantially on previous editions of this classic work to provide a lucid and thought-provoking survey of international relations today.

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International relations
World politics
War (International law)

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