Perspectives on World Politics: A Reader

Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations for almost ten years. In this expanded second edition, recent theoretical developments have been incorporated, while maintaining the original structure of the text. New selections of material reflect the impact of such topics as the ethics of international relations, the debt crisis, the environment, and the impact of new technology. The material on critical and structural approaches and the politics of power and security has also been expanded and strengthened.

Richard Little is a professor of International Politics at the University of Bristol. He is a previous editor of the Review of International Studies and Chair of the British International Studies Association. He is co-author with Barry Buzan of International Systems in World History (University of Oxford, 2000) which has been translated into Chinese.

Michael Smith is Professor of European Politics and Jean Monnet Chair in the Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies at Loughborough University. He has published widely in the area of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis and he has co-authored with Mark Webber, Foreign Policy in a Transformed World (2002) and co-edited with Christopher Hill International Relations and the European Union (2005).