International Politics on the World Stage, John T. Rourke, 9th edition, 2003.
International Politics on the World Stage, John T. Rourke, 9th edition, 2003.
“In this edition of the book, it stresses the impact that world events and international interdependence have on the lives of students. In addition to highlighting the effect that the world has on them, this approach points out to students the connection between the events of current history and the theories of international politics that have been conceived and refined by political scientists.
The text begins with an introduction to the importance of world politics to students and to the methods, theories, and purposes of political science. It provides an account on the evolution of and current instability in the world political system , and the three levels of analysis that need to be studied simultaneously”.