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The Globalization of World Politics

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This is the fourth edition of Baylis and Smith's (which now includes Owens) The Globalization of World Politics. The book is of great use in introducing the novice to the field of international relations as well as being a reliable companion for the experienced scholar. It is of invaluable assistance as a good source of reference in writing papers and in serving as a primary textbook. It is indeed a great manual for bachelors and masters' level students and their lecturers.
I used this textbook as a student and now I am using it as an instructor. My students have found it to be reader-friendly to the point that they have even been reading on their own ahead of what is required of them which says a lot.
Essentially, Baylis and Smith do a great job in describing difficult and complex notions and concepts in a straightforward and lucid manner. If you have not yet purchased it, waste no more time in doing so. You will definitely not regret it. 5 Stars

It is an excellent book if you desire to study International Relation. The book gave you very intensive review of all kinds of theory, included but not limited to: Realism theory, Liberalism theory, the English School theory, Constructivism theory, Marxism theory and so on. The book gave you very detail descriptions of every theory and some historical examples.

The book is written and published by British writer and publisher, which gave you slightly different point of views from domestic (U.S.) writers and publishers in regarding international relation.

This book was in perfect condition, costs almost nothing, and was on my doorstep within 5 days! Recommend to all.

The Globalization of World Politics

The condition of the book was great and it was delivered quicly

Fast service. The book is exactly as was described. I am very pleased and would buy from this seller again.

I've read three chapters so far (23, 1, 2) and am very unhappy with the book.

The flow of ideas is poor. It is common to read essentially the same sentence a page or two later and then again a page or two later.

I've already found a few spelling mistakes and one or two grammatical mistakes. Many places the grammar is technically correct, but the wording is just horrible. It sounds in a sense that the author is making a strained effort to sound more intelligent at the expense of readability.

It gets two stars...there actual seems to be a decent amount of information there, the author IS intelligent it appears, but they simply have difficulty conveying that information (at least through writing)