2nd Edition

Issues In International Relations

Edited By Trevor C. Salmon, Mark F. Imber Copyright 2008
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

Students come to study International Relations at university driven by a variety of motives and active concern to study great contemporary issues, such as the causes and persistence of war, threats of nuclear proliferation and terrorism, the persistence of global poverty amid globalization’s riches and longer term threats to sustainable development. Building on the success of the first... Read more

1. Introduction Trevor C. Salmon  2. Relections on International Relations Vivienne Jabri  3. On Sovereignty Gabriella Slomp  4. Nations and States Archie Simpson  5. Power Roger Carey  6. Force and Security Jim Wyllie  7. Law and Intervention Steven Haines  8. Terrorism David Brown  9. International Regimes and Organisations David Galbreath  10. Globalisation and Development Ben Thirkell-Wight  11. The Environment Antje Brown and Gabriela Kütting  12. Governing the Global Commons  Mark F. Imber  13. Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Norrie MacQueen  14. Gender and other ‘Others’ Alison Watson  15. Religion and International Relations John Anderson  16. Political Islam Andrea Teti  17. Conclusions Mark F. Imber

Biography

Trevor C. Salmon is Professor of International Relations at the University of Aberdeen and the Director of Teaching and Learning in the College of Arts and Social Sciences. He has been an academic since 1973, and has worked in Limerick University, St Andrews University, and the College of Europe. 

Mark F. Imber is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK.