Nationalism Reframed or Essentials of International Relations

Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question Reframed in the New Europe

Author: Rogers Brubaker

Nationalism Reframed is a theoretically and historically informed study of nationalism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Rogers Brubaker develops an original account of the interlocking and opposed nationalisms of national minorities, the nationalizing states in which they live, and the external national homelands to which they are linked by external ties. He then analyzes contemporary nationalisms in historical and comparative perspective, tracing the parallels between the Eastern European nationalisms of today and those of the interwar period.

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Essentials of International Relations

Author: Karen A Mingst

Essentials of International Relations, available in a Third Edition, is widely recognized for its concise, lucid coverage of the fundamental topics of international political theory. Taking a balanced view of major theoretical approaches to international politics-including liberalism and realism, as well as Marxism, feminism, and constructivism-Professor Mingst provides the analytical tools students need to understand world political affairs at the individual, state, and international system levels. The Third Edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect recent global developments, and its brief format affords instructors the flexibility of customizing their curriculum using supplementary readings from the Norton Series in World Politics or other books. Concise but comprehensive, sophisticated yet accessible, Essentials of International Relations remains the premier-and most affordable-brief text in this dynamic field.

Table of Contents:

	List of Maps	xi
	Preface	xiii
1	Approaches to International Relations
	International Relations in Daily Life	1
	Thinking Theoretically	3
	Developing the Answers	4
	Integrating the Answers	11
	In Sum: Making Sense of International Relations	13
	Where Do We Go from Here?	14
2	The Historical Context of Contemporary International Relations
	The Pre-Westphalian World	18
	The Emergence of the Westphalian System	25
	Europe in the Nineteenth Century	28
	The Interwar Years and World War II	35
	The Cold War	38
	The Post-Cold War Era	49
	In Sum: Learning from History	53
3	Contending Perspectives: How to Think about International Relations Theoretically
	Thinking Theoretically	55
	Theory and the Levels of Analysis	59
	Liberalism and Neoliberal Institutionalism	62
	Realism and Neorealism	65
	The Radical Perspective	71
	Constructivism	74
	Theory in Action: Analyzing the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War	76
	In Sum: Seeing the World through Theoretical Lenses	80
4	The International System
	The Notion of a System	83
	The International System according to Liberals	84
	The International System according to Realists	86
	The International System according to Radicals	95
	Advantages and Disadvantages of the International System as a Level of Analysis	96
	In Sum: From the International System to the State	99
5	The State
	The State and the Nation	101
	Contending Conceptualizations of the State	103
	The Nature of State Power	108
	Using State Power	112
	Models of Foreign-Policy Decisionmaking	121
	Challenges to the State	128
	In Sum: The State and Challenges Beyond	133
6	The Individual
	Foreign-Policy Elites: Individuals Who Matter	137
	Private Individuals	147
	Mass Publics	150
	In Sum: How Much Do Individuals Matter?	155
7	Intergovernmental Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, and International Law
	Intergovernmental Organizations	159
	Nongovernmental Organizations	180
	International Law	185
	Realist Views of International Organization and Law	191
	The Radical View of International Organization and Law	192
	In Sum: Do Intergovernmental Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, and International Law Make a Difference?	194
8	War and Strife
	The Causes of War	198
	The Changing Character of Warfare and Its Instruments	208
	The Just War Tradition	217
	Approaches to Managing Insecurity	218
	Other Threats to International Security	228
	In Sum: International Security, Old and New	229
9	International Political Economy
	Contending Theoretical Approaches	235
	Key Concepts in Liberal Economics	242
	Power, Competition, and Development in the International Political Economy	244
	The Role of Institutions in Managing Power, Competition, and Development	256
	In Sum: Economic Convergence and Divergence	269
10	Globalizing Issues
	Health and Disease--Protecting Life in the Commons	274
	The Environment--Protecting Space in the Global Commons	280
	Human Rights--Protecting Human Dignity	296
	The Impact of Globalizing Issues	307
	Do Globalizing Issues Lead to Global Governance?	311
	In Sum: Changing You	313
	Glossary	315
	Index	325