Customer Reviews
An excellent introduction for any student - By: entroduce, 01 Mar 2006 
This is a lucid, well thought out & extremely helpful intoduction to a constantly evolving field. I highly recommend it to anyone with even the slightest interestin theories of international relations (the chapters on Liberalism & the English School are fascinating incidentally).
Comprehensively inspiring!! - By: leona daly, 07 Mar 2003 If you only ever buy one book about International relations, make sure this is it! A one stop shop, as either an introduction to or a lauch pad to further investigation of all the most important theoires regarding international politics today. Arrangedin chapters on each of the relevant theories, starting with the most influential & widely applied, such as Realism & Idealism, this book offers an insightful & comprehensive account of both the history, main agruments & critisims of each theory. The latter chapters are even more important as they cover a whole host of the newer post positivist theories, which offer much to think about & inspire. Written by some of the leading theoristin the field this book is a who's who of the international Realtions scene. worth every penny!
