TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

We replaced the traditional 12 to 15 chapters used in many international relations texts with 35 shorter modules. The module design enables students to consume material in manageable “chunks.” Each begins with a brief outline that identifies primary learning objectives for the module. Four to six brief core narrative sections follow with interactive tools (maps, widgets, videos, and guided note taking) to reinforce what students have just read. A brief summary and assessment section ends each module. Instructors can choose from a wide range of topics and customize a selection of modules (and sub-sections) to fit their course. We recommend that instructors plan to cover 26 to 28 modules in a semester.

Introduction

  1. Studying International Relations

  2. The International System

  3. Thinking Theoretically About International Relations

  4. Rationalist Approaches to International Relations

  5. Social and Psychological Approaches to International Relations

  6. Critical Approaches to International Relations

    Military Sources of Order in the International System

  7. War

  8. The Origins of War, Part I

  9. The Origins of War, Part II: Commitment Problems, World War I, and World War II

  10. War, War Termination, and the Global Political Order

  11. Military Power and Security Politics

  12. Civil War and International Relations

  13. Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Deterrence

  14. Threats to Nuclear Deterrence: Credibility, Missile Defense, and Nuclear Proliferation

  15. Terrorism and Counterterrorism

  16. Organized Coercion, War, and Political Order

    Political Sources of Order in the International System

  17. States, Sovereignty, and Failed States

  18. Domestic Politics and International Relations

  19. Democracy in International Relations

  20. Great Power Politics

  21. Global Governance

  22. International Law

    Social Sources of Order in the International System

  23. International Norms

  24. Collective Identity in International Relations

  25. Global Civil Society and Transnational Actors

    Economic Sources of Order in the International System

  26. Global Economic Integration

  27. Trade Policy

  28. The International Politics of Exchange Rates

  29. The International Politics of Capital Flows

  30. International Organizations in the Global Economy

  31. Poverty and Development

  32. International Migration

  33. Environmental Politics

    Looking Forward

  34. Global Economic Integration and the State

  35. Stability and Change in the International System