TY - BOOK AU - Nau,Henry R. TI - Perspectives on international relations: power, institutions, and ideas SN - 9781506332239 U1 - 327.1 PY - 2017///) CY - Los Angeles PB - CQ Press KW - International relations KW - World politics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: why we disagree about international relations -- Ch. 1. How to think about international relations: perspectives and levels of analysis -- Pt. 1. Historical Patterns -- Ch. 2. World War I: world on fire -- Ch. 3. World War II: why did war happen again? -- Ch. 4. The origins and end of the Cold War -- Pt. 2. The contemporary international system -- Ch. 5. Realist perspectives on today's world: dominance balance of power, and state institutions -- Ch. 6. Liberal perspectives on today's world: collective security, international negotiations, institutions, and law -- Ch. 7. Identify perspectives on today's world: democracy, religion, ethnicity, and human rights -- Pt. 3. Globalization and change -- Ch. 8. Realist and liberal perspectives on globalization: trade, investment, and finance -- Ch. 9. Identify perspectives on globalization: development and environment -- Ch. 10. Critical theory perspectives on globalization: inequality, imperialism, and injustice -- Conclusion: Applying perspectives and levels of analysis: the case of the democratic peace N2 - Henry R. Nau's bestselling Perspectives on International Relations offers an even-handed presentation of the theories of International Relations and explains how the different perspectives shape our understanding of the root causes of historical events and current controversies in global affairs. This Fifth edition includes coverage of: - the rise of ISIS - an increasingly assertive Russia - Chinese power in the Far East - developments in Iran, Iraq, Egypt and other countries in the Middle East - the Greek debt crisis and the threat to the Eurozone - the use of social media in protest activities - slowing economic growth worldwide - the acceleration of migrant and refugee flows - the latest developments in climate change ER -