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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Understanding international politics</title>
    <subTitle>the student toolkit</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Dee, Megan</namePart>
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    <publisher>Bloomsbury Academic</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2024</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xxii, 331 pages:  illustrations (color)</extent>
    <extent>25 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>"Understanding International Politics offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to the key systems, actors, and issues of international politics. It covers core concepts and questions for political study, and presents a `toolkit` that enables students to apply theory and historical context in independent research. This introduction frames complex international systems coherently by focusing on political players, and, as a single-authored work, delivers a consistent critical approach throughout"--Provided by publisher.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>I: Understanding the International System -- Your View of the World --The Evolution of the International System -- Theoritical Foundations to the Study of International Politics -- Critical and Social Theoretical Approaches in International Politics -- Refining your Toolkit: The Levels of Analysis -- II: Understanding the Actors -- The State -- nternational Organizations -- Regional Organizations -- Non-State Actors -- III. Understanding teh Issues -- Security -- Trade and Finance -- Equality and Development -- Energy and the Environment -- Rights and Responsibility -- Race, Religion nad Identity</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Megan Dee.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index</note>
  <note>in English</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>International relations</topic>
    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>World politics</topic>
    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">327.071 D3604 2024</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781350381681</identifier>
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