With an abundance of new essays reflecting the ever-changing landscape of world politics, the eighth edition of this renowned reader provides students with comprehensive coverage of the most important IR concepts, trends, and current issues.
PART 1 ANARCHY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Power and Morality in Statecraft
Hans J. Morgenthau Six Principles of Political Realism
J. Ann Tickner A Critique of Morgenthau's Principles of Political Realism
The Consequences of Anarchy
Kenneth N. Waltz The Anarchic Structure of World Politics
John J. Mearsheimer Anarchy and the Struggle for Power
Alexander Wendt Anarchy Is What States Make of It
The Mitigation of Anarchy
Kenneth A. Oye The Conditions for Cooperation in World Politics
Michael W. Doyle Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs
Stephen M. Walt Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning
Hans J. Morgenthau The Future of Diplomacy
Stanley Hoffmann The Uses and Limits of International Law
Robert O. Keohane International Institutions
Adam Roberts The United Nations and International Security
PART 2 THE USES OF FORCE
The Political Uses of Force
Robert J. Art The Four Functions of Force
Thomas C. Schelling The Diplomacy of Violence
Robert J. Art Coercive Diplomacy
Robert Jervis Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma
*Bruce Hoffman What Is Terrorism?
The Political Utility of Force Today
Robert J. Art The Fungibility of Force
Robert A. Pape The Logic of Suicide Terrorism
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons
Scott D. Sagan Nuclear Instability in South Asia
Kenneth N. Waltz Nuclear Stability in South Asia
PART 3 THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Perspectives on Political Economy
Robert Gilpin The Nature of Political Economy
Robert O. Keohane Hegemony in the World Political Economy
Bruce R. Scott The Great Divide in the Global Village
The Meaning of Globalization
Jeffrey Frankel The Globalization of the International Economy
*Martin Wolf Will Globalization Survive?
Kenneth N. Waltz Globalization and Governance
The Pros and Cons of Globalization
Dani Rodrik Trading in Illusions
John Micklethwait Why the Globalization Backlash is Stupid
and Adrain Wooldridge
PART 4 CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS
Conflict, War, and Terrorism
Robert Jervis The Era of Leading Power Peace
Samuel P. Huntington The Clash of Civilizations?
*Fareed Zakaria Why Do They Hate Us?
The Uses of, and Reactions to, U.S. Power
Robert Jervis Explaining the Bush Doctrine
*F. Gregory Gause III Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?
*Stephen M. Walt Taming American Power
Civil Wars, and Nation-Building
Chaim Kaufmann Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars
*James Dobbins Nation-Building by the UN and the U.S.
*James L. Payne Deconstructing Nation Building
The Environment and Climate Change
Garrett Hardin The Tragedy of the Commons
*Thomas Homer-Dixon Environmental Changes as a Cause of Acute Conflict
*John Browne Beyond Kyoto
New Actors and New Forces
Margaret E. Keck Transnational Activists Networks
and Kathryn Sikkink
Rhoda E. Howard Human Rights in World Politics
and Jack Donnelly
*Daniel W. Drezner The State and Global Governance of the Internet
*Andrew Moravcsik Europe without Illusions
*Richard K. Betts and The Rise of China: Getting the Questions Right
Thomas J. Christensen
Moses Naim The Five Wars of Globalization
Stephen R. Ratner International Law: The Trials of Global Norms