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The fourth edition of this award-winning text has been thoroughly revised and updated to capture nearly a decade of new developments affecting global governance: the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the rise of populist nationalism, implementation of the SDGs, the youth climate-justice movement, and much more. There is also an entirely new chapter on human security. As before, the authors provide a comprehensive, in-depth examination of the full range of international organizations.
Guide to this reader -- APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORIES -- LEVELS OF ANALYSIS -- THE STATE AND THE TOOLS OF STATECRAFT -- WAR AND SECURITY -- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW -- INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY -- INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS -- HUMAN RIGHTS -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- HUMAN SECURITY: MIGRATION, POPULATION, AND GLOBAL HEALTH.
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