A genuinely international undertaking, the handbook reviews the many historical, philosophical, analytical and normative roots to the discipline and the key contemporary topics of research and debate today.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Preface First Edition
• Preface Second Edition
• Historical, Philosophical, and Theoretical Issues in International Relations
• On the History and Historiography of International Relations - Brian C. Schmidt
• Philosophy of Social Science and International Relations - Colin Wight
• Ethics and Norms in International Relations - Andrew Hurrell & Terry Macdonald
• Rational Choice and International Relations - Duncan Snidal
• Constructivism in International Relations: Sources, Contributions, and Debates - Emanuel Adler
• Critical Theory, Poststructuralism, and Postcolonialism - Maja Zehfuss
• Feminist Perspectives on International Relations - Laura Sjoberg & J. Ann Tickner
• Psychological Explanations of International Decision Making and Collective Behavior - Janice Gross Stein
• Theoretical Pluralism in IR: Possibilities and Limits - Jeffrey T. Checkel
• Structures and Processes of International Relations
• State, Sovereignty, and Territory - Thomas J. Biersteker
• Power and International Relations - David A. Baldwin
• Foreign Policy - Walter Carlsnaes
• International Organizations and Institutions - Lisa L. Martin & Beth A. Simmons
• International Law - Beth A. Simmons
• Negotiation and Bargaining - John Odell
• Globalization and Global Governance - Michael Zürn
• Transnational Actors and World Politics - Thomas Risse
• Transnational Diffusion: Norms, Ideas, and Policies - Fabrizio Gilardi
• Domestic Politics and International Relations - Kenneth Schultz
• Comparative Regionalism: European Integration and Beyond - Tanja A. Börzel
• Nationalism and Ethnicity in International Relations - Lars-Erik Cederman
• Great Power Hierarchies and Strategies in Twenty-First Century World Politics - David A. Lake
• Substantive Issues in International Relations
• Interstate War and Peace - Jack S. Levy
• Security Cooperation - Harald Müller
• Terrorism and Counterterrorism - Ethan Buena de Mesquita
• Civil Wars, Conflict Resolution, and Bargaining Theory - Barbara F. Walter
• Religion and International Relations Theory - Monica Duffy Toft
• International Finance - Michael Tomz
• International Trade - Helen V. Milner
• International Migration - Gallya Lahav & Sandra Lavenex
• Development and International Relations - Jana Hönke & Markus Lederer
• International Environmental Politics - Ronald B. Mitchell
• International Human Rights - Hans Peter Schmitz & Kathryn Sikkink