International Relations is a vibrant field of significant growth and change. This book guides students through the complexities of over 40 central concepts and core theories, relating them at all times to contemporary issues and debates.

Each concept is divided into five sections to allow rapid familiarization with the topic and provide signposts for further exploration:

Core questions to address
Definition
Theoretical perspectives
Empirical problems
Core reading and useful websites

In addition the major theories are covered by six-part entries that give a 360 degree view of the strengths, weaknesses, applications and methodologies of each one:

An introduction to the core questions
Overview and background
Methodologies
Empirical application
Central criticism
Core reading and useful websites

Clear and highly readable, Key Concepts in International Relations is an essential guide for students on politics and international relations courses.

About the Author

Thomas Diez is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of T�bingen. He received his PhD from the University of Mannheim in 1999. From 1997 to 2000, he was Research Fellow at the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute and subsequently, from 2000 to 2009, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and then Professor of International Relations and Head of Department at the University of Birmingham. He joined T�bingen in April 2009. Thomas has also taught in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Munich and Victoria (BC). Among his publications are The Routledge Handbook on Critical European Studies (co-editor, Routledge, 2021), The EU and Global Climate Justice (co-author, Routledge, 2021); The EU, Promoting Regional Integration, and Conflict Resolution (co-editor, Palgrave 2017), The Securitisation of Climate Change (co-author, Palgrave, 2016), Key Concepts in International Relations (co-author, Sage 2011), An Introduction to International Relations Theory: Perspectives and Themes (co-author, third edition Pearson 2010), European Integration Theory (co-editor, second edition Oxford UP 2009) and Cyprus: A Conflict at the Crossroads (co-editor, Manchester UP 2009). In September 2009, he received the Anna Lindh Award for his contribution to the field of European Foreign and Security Policy Studies. Thomas was President of the European International Studies Association (EISA) 2015-7.

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