International Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues
Sheldon Anderson; Mark Allen Peterson; Stanley W. Toops; Jeanne A.K. Hey
ISBN 10: 081334588X ISBN 13: 9780813345888
Published by Westview Press, 2012
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This core text is the first to provide a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to international studies. The authors include a geographer, a historian, a political scientist, and an anthropologist. Emphasizing the interconnected nature of these disciplines, the authors detail the methodologies and subject matter of each to provide a fuller understanding of the world. Applying these discipline lenses to regional chapters, the authors examine issues facing these regions and the global community. Case studies give readers a closer look at issues such as civil war and national identity. This disciplinary and regional combination provides an indispensable, cohesive framework for understanding global issues The second edition includes:· Extensive updates throughout to reflect important events over the past four years, including the global financial crisis· Two chapters on Asia, instead of one, with new coverage of South
About the Author:
Sheldon Anderson is professor of history and international studies at Miami University. He is the author of Condemned to Repeat It: 'Lessons of History' and the Making of U.S. Cold War Containment Policy; A Cold War in the Soviet Bloc: Polish-East German Relations, 1945?1962; and A Dollar to Poland is a Dollar to Russia: U.S. Economic Policy toward Poland, 1945?1952.
Jeanne A. K. Hey is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New England in Maine. Her books include Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior, and (with Frank O. Mora) Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy.
Mark Allen Peterson is professor of anthropology and international studies at Miami University. He is the author of Connected in Cairo: Growing Up Cosmopolitan in the Modern Middle East and Anthropology and Mass Communications: Media and Myth in the New Millennium.
Stanley W. Toops is associate professor of geography and international studies at Miami University. He is coauthor of The Routledge Atlas of Central Eurasian Affairs.
Jeanne A. K. Hey is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New England in Maine. Her books include Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior, and (with Frank O. Mora) Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy.
Mark Allen Peterson is professor of anthropology and international studies at Miami University. He is the author of Connected in Cairo: Growing Up Cosmopolitan in the Modern Middle East and Anthropology and Mass Communications: Media and Myth in the New Millennium.
Stanley W. Toops is associate professor of geography and international studies at Miami University. He is coauthor of The Routledge Atlas of Central Eurasian Affairs.
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Title: International Studies: An Interdisciplinary ...
Publisher: Westview Press
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
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Edition: 2nd Edition