Introduction to International Politics

By Derek Heater and Geoffrey Berridge
August 1998
Macmillan UK
ISBN: 0333739116
229 pages
$67.50 paper original

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Introduction to International Politics is designed for students approaching this often complex subject for the first time. The book is organised around three major themes: Power, Order and Justice and is illustrated throughout with boxed inserts, diagrams and maps.

Contents:
PART I: POWER
The Ending of the Cold War
European Security
Arms: Purpose, Trade, Control
Crises and Diplomacy
Regional Powers and Tensions
Economic Power
PART II: JUSTICE
Human Rights
The Force of Nationalism
Sustainable Development
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
PART III: ORDER
The `Big Five' and the UN
Peacekeeping
UN Organs and Agencies
The European Community
International Law
Bibliography
Index

Author Biographies:
DEREK HEATER has taught History at school, college and undergraduate level. He was the founder-chairman of the Politics Association and is the author of a number of books on History and Politics.

G. R. BERRIDGE is Professor of Politics, University of Leicester and the author of several books in the field of International Relations.

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