Essential Readings in World Politics (The Norton Series in World Politics)

By Jack L. Snyder and Karen A. Mingst

Book Overview

In the Fifth Edition, 20 new readings offer diverse perspectives on major topics in IR, and headnotes provide the context and background that students need. The new readings offer diverse perspectives on current topics like Iran's nuclear ambitions, international sanctions, resource wealth and conflict, and the efficacy of international law.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393921964
• ISBN13: 9780393921960
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 1.1" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Better than the Average "Reader"

This book is better than your average world politics reader in the scope of material it covers. Each chapter is preceded by some comments from Mingst and Snyder which makes the text easier to follow for those learning about IR for the first time. Additionally, they cover a broad range of perspectives including those of a classical realist, neo-realist, liberalist, dependency theorist, feminist, Marxist, and more. I was especially impressed by the thoughtful inclusion of feminist articles in key chapters, and the unconventionality of including articles from Foreign Policy and The Economist. Some of the excerpts seem arbitrarily shortened or cut off (probably due to space constraints) and therefore I feel some crucial information was addressed too briefly (and in a couple cases not at all). However, this is a good introductory reader if one is interested in International Relations, World Politics, and the International Political Economy.