WORLD POLITICS IN A NEW ERA provides a basic overview of international relations, providing a strong historical foundation coupled with the integration of current issues and a cohesive theme of globalization and fragmentation. Completely reorganized in the Third Edition to cover theoretical issues in the beginning, highlight the importance of political economy, then spotlight both historical and current global issues in the latter half, the book aims to give students context to better grasp the numerous issues in world politics today. In addition, a powerful new pedagogical program and research tools built into the book and its package, including Infotrac and a CD and International Relations Resource Center on the web, WORLD POLITICS IN A NEW ERA is a book both instructors and students appreciate for its reliability, flexibility, and readability.
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"This text combines the perfect level for students with a comprehensive look at the field, a balance of topics, and is written in a clear style."
"World Politics in a New Era is head and shoulders above the competition. I use Spiegel and Wehling because the coverage is excellent, the clarity of writing superb, and it is well balanced."
"World Politics in a New Era is head and shoulders above the competition. I use Spiegel and Wehling because the coverage is excellent, the clarity of writing superb, and it is well balanced."
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Steven L. Spiegel, Professor of Political Science at UCLA, specializes in the analysis of world politics, American foreign policy, and American foreign policy in the Middle East. Recent university activities include the position of international chair of the Middle East cooperative security program for the statewide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) of the University of California. He is also the Associate Director of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations (BCIR). His latest books are WORLD POLITICS IN A NEW ERA, Third Edition, and THE DYNAMICS OF MIDDLE EAST PROLIFERATION, Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, edited with Jennifer Kibbe and Elizabeth Mathews. He is now working on a volume about regional security in the Middle East., and a reader for World Politics. In June 1995, Dr. Spiegel received the Karpf Peace Prize, which is awarded to the UCLA professor considered to have done the most of any faculty member during the previous two years for the cause of world peace. He was the recipient of the prestigious Pew Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs in 1993 and also served as the Chair of the Liberal Arts Committee of the Commission of Arms Control and Disarmament of the International Association of University Presidents/United Nations Commission on Arms Control Education from 1992 to 1996. In the 1992 Presidential campaign, Spiegel served as the senior foreign policy advisor to the late Senator Paul Tsongas, and later as a Middle East advisor to then-Governor Bill Clinton. Professor Spiegel has also published in many well-known magazines and journals, including "The New Republic," "The National Interest," "Commentary," "Orbis," "Middle East Insight," "Middle East Quarterly," and "International Studies Quarterly." Spiegel's foreign policy reader, AT ISSUE: POLITICS IN THE WORLD ARENA, became the most popular of its kind in the United States, and was published in its seventh edition in the fall of 1993.
Jennifer Morrison Taw spent 10 years at RAND working on issues related to operations other than war. During that time she published extensively, presenting briefings to, among others, the Army Chief of Staff, the Defense Science Board, and the RAND Board of Trustees. She graduated magna cum laude from UCLA (BA, 1986, Phi Beta Kappa; MA, 1988, with distinction; Ph.D., 1999). Jennifer has served as both Assistant Editor and Contributing Editor for "Studies in Conflict and Terrorism" and has been on the editorial board of "Small Wars and Insurgencies." Since leaving RAND in 1999, Jennifer has continued to publish articles, taught International Relations at the University of Southern California AND American Government and Constitution courses for Porterville College, and continues to teach International Relations and World Politics courses for University of California ¿ Los Angeles Extension.
Fred L. Wehling is Senior Research Associate and Education Coordinator for the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California. In addition to teaching courses on nonproliferation issues and organizing the Center's educational outreach programs, Wehling conducts research in fissile material security, national security strategy, and terrorism with weapons of mass destruction. After receiving his Ph.D. in political science from UCLA in 1992, Wehling taught courses on international security and Russian foreign policy at UC San Diego. Before coming to CNS in 1998, Wehling was a consultant at RAND, Coordinator of Policy Research for the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), and a researcher at the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) at Sandia National Laboratories. His recent writings include IRRESOLUTE PRINCES: KREMLIN DECISION MAKING IN MIDDLE EAST CRISES (1997), and various articles and reports for "The Nonproliferation Review."
Kristen Williams is Assistant Professor at Clark University. Her courses include Introduction to International Relations, Nationalism and International Security, U.S. National Security, and World Order/Globalization. Her research focuses on the connection between international relations theory, nationalism and ethnic conflict, territory and identity. Dr. Williams's recently published book is titled DESPITE NATIONALIST CONFLICTS: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR MAINTAINING WORLD PEACE (Praeger Publishers, 2001).
Jennifer Morrison Taw spent 10 years at RAND working on issues related to operations other than war. During that time she published extensively, presenting briefings to, among others, the Army Chief of Staff, the Defense Science Board, and the RAND Board of Trustees. She graduated magna cum laude from UCLA (BA, 1986, Phi Beta Kappa; MA, 1988, with distinction; Ph.D., 1999). Jennifer has served as both Assistant Editor and Contributing Editor for "Studies in Conflict and Terrorism" and has been on the editorial board of "Small Wars and Insurgencies." Since leaving RAND in 1999, Jennifer has continued to publish articles, taught International Relations at the University of Southern California AND American Government and Constitution courses for Porterville College, and continues to teach International Relations and World Politics courses for University of California ¿ Los Angeles Extension.
Fred L. Wehling is Senior Research Associate and Education Coordinator for the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California. In addition to teaching courses on nonproliferation issues and organizing the Center's educational outreach programs, Wehling conducts research in fissile material security, national security strategy, and terrorism with weapons of mass destruction. After receiving his Ph.D. in political science from UCLA in 1992, Wehling taught courses on international security and Russian foreign policy at UC San Diego. Before coming to CNS in 1998, Wehling was a consultant at RAND, Coordinator of Policy Research for the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), and a researcher at the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) at Sandia National Laboratories. His recent writings include IRRESOLUTE PRINCES: KREMLIN DECISION MAKING IN MIDDLE EAST CRISES (1997), and various articles and reports for "The Nonproliferation Review."
Kristen Williams is Assistant Professor at Clark University. Her courses include Introduction to International Relations, Nationalism and International Security, U.S. National Security, and World Order/Globalization. Her research focuses on the connection between international relations theory, nationalism and ethnic conflict, territory and identity. Dr. Williams's recently published book is titled DESPITE NATIONALIST CONFLICTS: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR MAINTAINING WORLD PEACE (Praeger Publishers, 2001).
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Fantastic Beginning Text for International Relations,
This review is from: World Politics in a New Era (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac ) (Paperback)
Facts, theories, and history abound in this textbook! I cannnot say enough good things about it. It is easy to read and well-organized. The authors deliver the content in a way that allows the reader to quickly understand the key concepts and, I might add, with material that is interesting and relevant. It is definitely a book for beginners in the subject of international relations, but because it is so expansive in scope, it is a great reference to have on hand even for the serious policy wonk.
Contents include material on the world wars, key political and military leaders, the cold war, regional conflict, recent conflicts, world economics, global issues, international security, and a host of theoretical and analytical approaches to understanding world politics today. The material is applicable to those not just interested in political science, but to any international topic: business, government, non-profit, travel and "voluntourism", liberal arts and social sciences etc.
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