Chapter 1: Approaches to International Relations

Chapter 2: The Historical Context of Contemporary International Relations

Chapter 3: Contending Perspectives: How to Think about International Relations Theoretically

Chapter 4: The International System

• APPLYING THE EVIDENCE: The Problem of Cooperation

Chapter 5: The State

Chapter 6: The Individual

• APPLYING THE EVIDENCE: “Super-Empowered Individuals” and World Politics

Chapter 7: Intergovernmental Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, and International Law

• APPLYING THE EVIDENCE: Constructing Effective International Organizations: The International Criminal Court

Chapter 8: War and Strife

• APPLYING THE EVIDENCE: The Challenges of Terrorism

Chapter 9: International Political Economy

• APPLYING THE EVIDENCE: Free Trade and Globalization: Progress or Problem?
• APPLYING THE EVIDENCE: Are Multinational Corporations (MNCs) Agents of Development or Exploitative Predators?
• APPLYING THE EVIDENCE: Inequality in the World: The Gap between North and South

Chapter 10: Globalizing Issues

• APPLYING THE EVIDENCE: Global Warming and the Tragedy of the Commons