1 Approaches to International Relations
2 The Historical Context of Contemporary International Relations
3 Contending Perspectives: How to Think about International Relations Theoretically
4 The International System
5 The State
6 The Individual
7 Intergovernmental Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, and International Law
8 War and Strife
9 International Political Economy
10 Globalizing Issues

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Chapter 5: The State

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The State and the Nation

Contending Conceptualizations of the State

  • The Liberal View of the State
  • The Realist View of the State
  • The Radical View of the State
  • The Constructivist View of the State
  • Contrasting the Various Views of the State

The Nature of State Power

  • Natural Sources of Power
  • Tangible Sources of Power
  • Intangible Sources of Power

The Exercise of State Power

  • The Art of Diplomacy
  • Economic Statecraft
  • The Use of Force
  • Thinking About Choices: Game Theory
  • Democracy and Foreign Policy

Models of Foreign-Policy Decisionmaking

  • The Rational Model
  • The Bureaucratic/Organizational Model
  • The Pluralist Model

Challenges to the State

  • Globalization
  • Transnational Crime
  • Transnational Movements
  • Ethnonational Movements

In Sum: The State and Challenges Beyond