Chapter 1. Are There Enduring Logics of Cooperation in World Politics? Chapter 2. Explaining Conflict and Cooperation: Tools and Techniques of the Trade Chapter 3. From Westphalia to World War I Chapter 4. The Failure of Collective Security and World War II Chapter 5. The Cold War Chapter 6. Post-Cold War Cooperation, Conflict, Flashpoints Chapter 7. Globalization and Interdependence Chapter 8. The Information Revolution and Transnational Actors Chapter 9. What Can We Expect in the Future?

· Employs an analytical framework that pulls from history, theory, and policy to help students fully understand the complexities of world affairs in two ways. The first is an emphasis that conflict and cooperation are two sides of the same problem: namely, resolving disputes. The second is an emphasis that pressing problems are decreasingly international and increasingly global; interstate conflict is still an important problem but conflict within states is now more common than between states and it almost always reverberates internationally. (ex. p. vi) · Introduces three major theoretical paradigms—realism, liberalism, and constructivism—and discusses how each can or cannot explain conflict and cooperation among international actors. (ex. p. 62) · Explores international politics throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, comprehensively surveying everything from wars among great powers to the rise of globalization and complex interdependence. (ex. Ch. 7) · Poses normative questions to help students consider practical answers to how actors should approach problems in international politics. · Features chronologies, primary source excerpts, maps, and photos to deepen the historical context and to enliven the text. (ex. p. 34) · Includes an extensive list of suggested reading to help both instructors and students build on the ideas presented in the text.

Chapter 1 now provides a clearer introduction to the purposes and themes of the book designed specifically to draw students’ attention to elements both of continuity and change in world politics from ancient times to the present. (ex. Ch. 1) Chapter 2 provides expanded discussions of constructivism and counterfactual reasoning as well as enhanced historical illustrations. (ex. p. 69) Chapter 3 includes a new section on balance of power theory. (ex. p. 84) Chapter 5 features a new analysis of the Vietnam War that is better connected both to the concept of containment and to the problem of moral judgment in world affairs. (ex. p. 159) Chapter 6 includes enhanced discussions of collective security, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding; provides a revised discussion of the responsibility to protect in light of recent events in Libya; and includes a new section on the South China Sea as a potential flashpoint for international conflict. (ex. p. 215) Chapter 7 connects oil politics more to the sensitivity and vulnerability dimensions of interdependence. (ex. p. 278) Chapter 8 covers the Arab Spring to expand and deepen the analysis of how changes in information technology, and in particular the rise of social media, empower and constrain both state and non-state actors. It also discusses the significance of the death of Osama bin Laden and subsequent deepening tensions in U.S.-Pakistani relations for the battle against transnational terrorism. (ex. p. 286) Chapter 9 reflects upon the impact of the 3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear crisis, for energy security and climate change. (ex. p. 335)MySearchLab. For over 10 years, instructors and students have reported achieving better results and better grades when a Pearson MyLab has been integrated into the course. MySearchLab provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. A wide range of writing, grammar and research tools and access to a variety of academic journals, census data, Associated Press newsfeeds, and discipline-specific readings help you hone your writing and research skills. To order MySearchLab with the print¿text, use ISBN 0-205-23155-1.Passport. Choose the resources you want from MyPoliSciLab and put links to them into your course management system. If there is assessment associated with those resources, it also can be uploaded, allowing the results to feed directly into your course management system’s gradebook. With MyPoliSciLab assets like videos, mapping exercises, Financial Times newsfeeds, current events quizzes, politics blog, and much more, Passport is available for any Pearson political science book. To order Passport with the print¿text, use ISBN 0-205-23154-3.