Description: This book is designed as a foundational entry point to International Relations theory. As a beginner's guide, it has been structured to condense the most important information into the smallest space and present that information in the most accessible manner.
Brief description: Stephen McGlinchey is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the West of England, Bristol and Editor-in-Chief of E-International Relations.
Review Quotes:
"In the plethora of textbooks on IR almost none depart from 'playing it safe', giving forms of instruction in the rudiments of established theories. The great breakout of this volume is its entire second half of proposing quite radical new ways of looking at the world. The book is both 'safe' and 'unsafe' and in both it is sometimes witty in a way that students will savour - learning what IR is, and what it could be. A lovely book in which even the doyens of 'old' IR are sometimes bold."
- Stephen Chan OBE, Professor of World Politics, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London.
"This is a superb book. It offers a comprehensive listing that is imaginatively presented and enormously accessible. Helpfully, too, it takes the form of a global conversation. IR theory at its sparkling best."
- Peter Vale, Professor of Humanities, University of Johannesburg; Professor of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Nanyang Technological University and Nelson Mandela Professor of Politics Emeritus, Rhodes University.