An Introduction to International Relations: Australian Perspectives

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Richard Devetak, Anthony Burke, Jim George
Cambridge University Press, 2007 M11 13 - 439 pages
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Introduction to International Relations: Australian Perspectives provides comprehensive coverage of its subject while capturing distinctively Australian perspectives and concerns. Designed for undergraduate students this textbook brings together leading Australian scholars to present lively introductory analyses of the theories, actors, issues, institutions and processes that animate international relations today. Introduction to International Relations: Australian Perspectives introduces students to the main theoretical perspectives before covering an extensive range of topics with historical, practical and normative dimensions.
 

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Contents

Section 1
31
Section 2
43
Section 3
54
Section 4
64
Section 5
75
Section 6
86
Section 7
96
Section 8
109
Section 17
213
Section 18
218
Section 19
223
Section 20
237
Section 21
248
Section 22
260
Section 23
272
Section 24
283

Section 9
121
Section 10
133
Section 11
144
Section 12
155
Section 13
167
Section 14
179
Section 15
190
Section 16
201
Section 25
295
Section 26
307
Section 27
318
Section 28
329
Section 29
340
Section 30
350
Section 31
362
Section 32
373

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An Introduction to International Relations
Richard Devetak,Anthony Burke,Jim George
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Richard Devetak,Anthony Burke,Jim George
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About the author (2007)

Richard Devetak is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland.

Anthony Burke is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales.

Jim George is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.

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TitleAn Introduction to International Relations: Australian Perspectives
EditorsRichard Devetak, Anthony Burke, Jim George
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCambridge University Press, 2007
ISBN0521682762, 9780521682763
Length439 pages
  
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