Thursday, 14 October 2010

Top 16 IR Books

Chosen by John Lee



The Anarchical Society - Hedley Bull
Classic text from a doyen of the English School

Theory of International Politics/Man, the State and War - Kenneth Waltz
Two seminal volumes by leading neo-realist 

Globalization/Anti-Globalization - David Held and Anthony McGrew
Modern, lucid and a tight informative read

The Globalization of World Politics - John Baylis and Steve Smith
Comprehensive coverage of the big issues in IR


Imagined Communities - Benedict Anderson
Investigation into the phenomenon of nationalism

The Modern State - Christopher Pierson
Examines the predominant unit in global politics

The Twenty Years' Crisis - EH Carr
Realist assessment of inter-war 'utopianism'

Understanding International Relations - Chris Brown
Hard-hitting, with an empirical slant 

International Theory - Martin Wight
Old-school forerunner to Bull, Brown et al 

Failed States - Noam Chomsky
Coruscating and thunderingly intellectual demolition of US foreign policy

The End of History & The Last Man - Francis Fukuyama
Controversial treatise on the global dominance of the liberal democracy

The Clash of Civilisations & The Remaking of World Order - Samuel P Huntington
Future conflict foretold from a fresh perspective
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
Penetrating examination of man's destruction of the ecosystem

Planet of Slums - Mike Davis
Grim/engrossing voyage into the global south





International Relations: The Key Concepts - Martin Griffiths, Terry O'Callaghan, Steven C Roach
Instant IR in alphabetical order

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