Understanding International Relations Third Edition By Chris Brown with Kirsten Ainley

Book Name	Understanding International Relations
Book Author	( i )  Chris Brown    ( ii ) Kirsten Ainley
Publishers	Palgrave Macmillan
Publish Date	07-04-2005
Language	English
Category	Political Science,
Edition	?
Book Code	288
Pages	313
Book Quality	Black paper
Whatsapp	0312-9775152
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Rs	RS 1500/-

About Book 

Preface to the Third Edition

The most important change to the third edition of Understanding International

Relations is  that  this  is  now  a  collaborative  book.  Kirsten  Ainley  wrote

Chapter 11, revised Chapters 2–6, carried out bibliographical work for the

entire book, and read and commented on every chapter. This collaboration

has worked remarkably well; Kirsten has produced an outstanding chapter,

and the book as a whole is much improved by her contribution. In short,

this is now her book as well as mine, although, since the basic structure and

many of its idiosyncrasies are inherited from earlier editions, I remain, in

the last resort, solely responsible for its content.

CHRIS BROWN

Preface to the Second Edition

For  this  second  edition  of  Understanding  International  Relations I  have

preserved  the  basic  order  of  presentation  and  structure  of  the  book  –

although I have eliminated the rather unnecessary division into ‘Parts’. All

chapters  have  been  revised  and  updated,  and  some  more  substantial

changes have been made. The two chapters on general theory (2 and 3) have

been reorganized and, in the case of 3, substantially rewritten; Chapter 2 is

now a short history of international relations theory in the twentieth century,

while Chapter 3 provides an overview of contemporary theory, giving due

weight to ‘constructivism’ and other post-positivist movements. Chapter 9

has been substantially recast to acknowledge the importance of Gramscian

international political economy.

Preface to the First Edition

This is a textbook, an introduction to the discipline of International Relations.

The aim is to present within a relatively small compass an overview of the

current state of International Relations theory. This book could be used as

a text for undergraduate-level introductory courses, but it could also serve

as a general introduction to theory for the increasing number of postgraduate

students of the subject. It is sometimes assumed that postgraduates need

a different literature from undergraduates; this seems to me not to be the

case – good students at all levels need to have their minds engaged and stim-

ulated, and this book is written on the assumption that all of its readers

will have enquiring minds and be willing to put in the effort required to

understand ideas that are sometimes quite complex.