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Essentials of International Relations

By: Karen A. Mingst

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Essentials of International Relations

By: Karen A. Mingst

Essentials of International Relations is the best-selling brief text for introductory international relations courses. Professor Mingst's unique framework focuses on the basic concepts and core theories that political scientists use to understand world politics. The Fourth Edition has been thoroughly updated with analysis of important recent events and new Global Perspectives boxes that invite students to consider international issues from the viewpoint of those outside the United States. A simple framework focuses on the basic concepts and core theories. Professor Mingst provides a simple framework based on the main theories in international relations and levels of analysis. This effective approach teaches students to think like political scientists while allowing instructors the flexibility to emphasize diverse events and issues. Features of the text include:

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Essentials of International Relations

Eighth Edition

By: Mingst, Karen A.,McKibben, Heather Elko,Arreguin-Toft, Ivan M.

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Essentials of International Relations

Eighth Edition

By: Mingst, Karen A.,McKibben, Heather Elko,Arreguin-Toft, Ivan M.

A fresh perspective renews Karen Mingst's classic, concise text. A new chapter on international cooperation and international law presents alternatives to war. A streamlined approach to theories and levels of analysis makes concepts easier to understand and apply. Expanded coverage of cybersecurity, refugees, health, and the environment asks students to grapple with the big issues of our time. And InQuizitive—an all-new digital learning tool—helps students learn, retain, and apply key concepts.

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Politics and the African Development Bank

By: Karen A. Mingst

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Politics and the African Development Bank

By: Karen A. Mingst

The African continent has long been plagued by economic problems. During the 1970s, with famines and two oil crises, the attention of the international donor community was riveted on Africa. In the 1980s international organizations, both governmental and private, have responded to the African crises. One increasingly visible organization is the African Development Bank, recently heralded by the Wall Street Journal as "the rarest of African species: a success." Founded in 1964 by African governments, its mandate was to solve African problems using African resources. But the devastation of the 1970s forced bank members to reexamine the implications of Africanicity, and in 1982 the bank courted nonregional members. In this first academic study of the ADB, Karen Mingst argues that the bank is a political institution, not the functional, economically neutral organization originally envisioned. Using bank archives and extensive interviews with ADB personnel, contractors, the economic development community, and national government officials, Mingst analyzes the changing political relationships in the ADB in three arenas: intraorganizational politics with effects on the secretariat and on policy issues, political relations with other development organizations, and hegemonic politics among politically and economically powerful state members. Particularly fascinating are her analyses of ADB techniques to influence borrowing states and her discussion of the cooperative and competitive relationship between the ADB and the World Bank. Mingst concludes by comparing the ADB with the other multilateral development banks: the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank. This book will interest all policymakers and scholars concerned with international organizations, economic development, and the entire future of Africa.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813182956

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The United Nations in the 21st Century

By: Karen A. Mingst,Margaret P. Karns,Alynna J. Lyon

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The United Nations in the 21st Century

By: Karen A. Mingst,Margaret P. Karns,Alynna J. Lyon

The United Nations in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the United Nations, exploring the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the UN. This popular text for courses on international organizations and international relations also discusses the political complexities facing the organization today. Thoroughly revised throughout, the fifth edition focuses on major trends since 2012, including changing power dynamics, increasing threats to peace and security, and the growing challenges of climate change and sustainability. It examines the proliferating public-private partnerships involving the UN and the debates over reforming the Security Council and the Secretary-General selection process. This edition also includes new case studies on peacekeeping and the use of force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali, transnational terrorism and the emergence of ISIS, the Security Council's failure to act in Syria, the Syrian and global refugee/migrant crisis, and the conclusion of the Millennium Development Goals and framing of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Routledge

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0429973934

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Essentials of International Relations

Sixth International Student Edition

By: Mingst, Karen A,Arreguín-Toft, Ivan M

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Essentials of International Relations

Sixth International Student Edition

By: Mingst, Karen A,Arreguín-Toft, Ivan M

The text that instructors trust has been updated and redesigned for today 's classroom. Contemporary topics in international relations are thoroughly covered, and a new full-color design and new features get students engaged and thinking critically.

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0393937100

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Teaching International Affairs With Cases

Cross-national Perspectives

By: Karen A. Mingst,Katsuhiko Mori

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Teaching International Affairs With Cases

Cross-national Perspectives

By: Karen A. Mingst,Katsuhiko Mori

This book introduces intellectual and pedagogical problems in the case method of teaching international affairs. A growing international and interdisciplinary community of university and secondary schoolteachers and trainers of policy officials are introducing interactive learning methods for the classroom. This book offers lessons for them and provides new materials suitable for the classroom. Growing interest in interactive learning.

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100031393X

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Essential Readings in World Politics

Eighth Edition

By: Snyder, Jack L.,Mingst, Karen A.,McKibben, Heather Elko

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Essential Readings in World Politics

Eighth Edition

By: Snyder, Jack L.,Mingst, Karen A.,McKibben, Heather Elko

With 30% new readings in the Eighth Edition, Essential Readings in World Politics introduces students to key classic and contemporary works in international relations. The selections in each chapter reflect diverse perspectives on major topics in international relations, and the headnotes provide the context and background that introductory students need. In the Eighth Edition, new readings offer diverse perspectives on current topics such the environment, global health, ChinaÕs role in the global order, and the future of globalization.

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The United Nations In The Post-cold War Era, Second Edition

By: Karen Mingst,Margaret P. Karns

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The United Nations In The Post-cold War Era, Second Edition

By: Karen Mingst,Margaret P. Karns

The United Nations faced unprecedented opportunities and heightened expectations when the Cold War ended in 1990. By the time of the UN's fiftieth anniversary in 1995, the mood had shifted. Peacekeepers were bogged down in Bosnia and Somalia. Iraq continued to test the UN's resolve to enforce arms control inspections. In much of the world, the gap between haves and have-nots was increasing. Everyone agreed that UN reform was needed, yet the political will to effect change was absent. With unmet challenges throughout the world, the limits to UN power and effectiveness were being realized. From regional conflicts to areas of environmental degradation and human rights abuses, the UN's success depends more than ever on the way in which three dilemmas are resolved–the tensions between sovereignty and the reality of its erosion, between demands for global governance and the weakness of UN institutions (as well as the reluctance of states to commit), and between the need for leadership and the diffusion of power. In this second edition, the authors have undertaken major revisions along with thorough updating. They explore the three dilemmas in the context of the UN's evolving role in world politics, including its experience in maintaining peace and promoting development, environmental sustainability, and human rights–the focus of an entirely new chapter. They also consider the role of various actors in the UN system, from major powers (especially the United States), small and middle powers, coalitions, and nongovernmental organizations to the secretaries-general. The need for institutional reforms and specific proposals for reform are examined. Because multilateral diplomacy is now the norm rather than the exception in world politics, the UN's effectiveness has been challenged by the new demands of the post–Cold War era. This completely revised and updated text places the UN at the center of a set of core dilemmas in world politics and provides a series of case studies that probe the politics and processes of UN action.

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1000306747

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Essentials of International Relations (Sixth Edition)

By: Karen A. Mingst,Ivan M. Arreguín-Toft

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Essentials of International Relations (Sixth Edition)

By: Karen A. Mingst,Ivan M. Arreguín-Toft

A brief, teachable introduction to the core concepts and theories of international relations. The text that instructors trust has been updated and redesigned for today’s classroom. Contemporary topics in international relations are thoroughly covered, and a new full-color design and new features get students engaged and thinking critically.

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Politics and the African Development Bank

By: Karen A. Mingst

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The United Nations in the 21st Century

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This popular text for international organizations and international relations courses provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the United Nations.

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