Rules of the Game A Primer on International Relations

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ISBN: 9781594513374

ISBN-10: 1594513376

ISBN-13: 9781594513374

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mark R. Amstutz

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This introductory text presents an overview of fundamental concepts and principles of international relations (IR) using a game metaphor. The use of the game metaphor as an organizing principle allows the author to present the inner logic of IR in a succinct, coherent, and dynamic manner. The first part of the primer focuses on the nature of the international community and how the IR game is played. In this section, the author examines the nature of the IR game, the actors eligible to play the game, and the goals and strategies for playing the game. In presenting the basic architecture of global politics, the book illuminates key elements of the traditional Westphalian system and then…

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Publication date: 10/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Mark R. Amstutz is Professor of Political Science at Wheaton College, where he teaches courses in international relations, U.S. foreign policy, international ethics, and Third World politics. He is the author of numerous articles and books including most recently a new edition of International Ethics: Concepts, Theories, and Cases in Global Politics (Rowman & Littlefield 2005). In addition to chairing the politics department at Wheaton College for nearly two decades, he has directed off-campus study programs in Europe and Cuba and traveled widely as a scholar. In 1988 he was honored with a "senior teacher" award and in 2005 he was recognized with a "senior scholarship" award.



List of IR Principles and Rules


Preface



International Relations as a Game


The Metaphor of Game



The Changing IR Game: China versus the United States


The Nature and Role of Ideas, Principles, and Rules


The International Community


Global Governance


Conclusion



Foundations of the IR Game



The Nature of the IR Game


The Traditional Game


The Emerging Postmodern Game


Principles of the Emerging Postmodern System



Soccer as a Traditional Game and as a Postmodern Game


Conclusion



The Players of the IR Game


The Nature and Role of Nation-States


Membership: Joining the Club of States



Nationalism and International Relations



The Difficult Journey toward Statehood: The Case of Kosovo


Strong and Weak States


Nonstate Players


Conclusion



Goals and Strategies for Playing the IR Game


How to Win: The Nature and Role of Foreign Policy


Interests: National and Global


Power: The Essential Resource


Statecraft: The Tools to Maximize Interests



Norms of Diplomacy


Conclusion



Principles and Rules of the IR Game



Political Rules of the IR Game


Alternative Conceptions of Global Society


Primary Political Rules



Principles fur Using Force


Secondary Political Rules


Conclusion



Economic Rules of the IR Game


World Economic Development


The Market Economy and Its Alternatives


Institutions of the Global Economy



Global Economic Backlash


International Economic Rules


Conclusion



Legal Rules of the IR Game


The Nature and Role of International Law



Is International Law Really Law?


Key Principles of the International Legal Order


International Legal Rules


Conclusion



Moral Rules of the IR Game


The Nature and Role of International Political Morality


The Pursuit of Justice through States


Principles of International Justice


Moral Rules of International Justice



Principles of the Just War Tradition


Conclusion



Prospects for a New IR Game



The Future IR Game


Globalization versus Fragmentation


Sovereignty versus Globalism


Three Models of the Future



Comparison of Three Models of the Future IR Game


Conclusion


Notes


Index