Conflict, Security, Foreign Policy, and International Political Economy : Past Paths and Future Directions in International Studies

No study of international relations is complete without consideration of foreign policy processes and an understanding of state security, conflict in global politics, and the relationship between the world economy and international behavior. Conflict, Security, Foreign Policy, and International Political Economy: Past Paths and Future Directions in International Studies consists of twelve original essays that point out the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches in these research areas as well as suggest agendas for future research.See table of contents and excerpts.Frank P. Harvey is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University.Michael Brecher is the R.B. Angus Professor of Political Science at McGill University and past president of the International Studies Association.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Millennial Reflections on International StudiesThis volume is part of the Millennial Reflections on International Studies project in which forty-five prominent scholars engage in self-critical, state-of-the-art reflection on international studies to stimulate debates about successes and failures and to address the larger questions of progress in the discipline.Other paperbacks from this project:Realism and Institutionalism in International StudiesEvaluating MethodologyCritical Perspectives in International StudiesThe full collection of essays is available in the handbook Millennial Reflections on International Studies.