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Price: $59.95

Format:
Paperback 384 pp.
35 photos; 22 figures; 23 maps; 23 tables, 7" x 9"

ISBN-10:
0195439384

ISBN-13:
9780195439380

Copyright Year:
2013

Imprint: OUP Canada

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Introduction to International Studies

Brian Orend

Written from a truly interdisciplinary perspective, this concise new book offers an in-depth and accessible overview of the wide-ranging field of international studies. This essential resource will help students develop a thorough understanding of our increasingly complicated and interconnected world, while preparing them for more advanced studies.

Readership : First- and second-year students in international studies and international development programs at universities.

Reviews

  • "No other book on the market that addresses international studies this way. . . . It has a very clear format and brings in the interdisciplinary element of international studies to the forefront."

    --Dr. Logan Masilamani, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University

  • "Introduction to International Studies has a perfect pitch for the undergraduate - completely attuned to a digital world while reflecting a profound knowledge of history and philosophy and the scholarly debates in the field of international relations."

    --John English, Distinguished professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Waterloo

  • "Brian Orend's book does justice to the daunting scope and complexity of international studies without compromising substance and critical reflection. Though billed as an introduction, his work presents the fascinating features and amazing transformations of our globalized world with mastery and clarity so as to inspire genuine interest and active engagement. Adeptly weaving historical and conceptual backgrounds with contemporary debates and current events, Orend offers novices and experts alike a treasure trove of refreshing insights."

    --Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University

Part I: Setting the World Stage
1. Core Concepts and Historical Contexts
Countries
State Formation
End of European Imperialism
North versus South
The West versus 'the Rest'
Case Study: The American Empire?
2. Population and Environment
Population
Case Study: The French Ban on Muslim Head Scarves
Case Study: The Darfur Region of Sudan
Transition from Human Population to Natural Environment
Environment and Resources
Optimism versus Pessimism
3. Comparative Culture
The Structure and Ideology of the State
Case Study: Iran's Religious Regime
Case Study: Classical Liberalism in the United States
Case Study: Socialist Societies, both Moderate and Democratic, and Extreme and Communist Religion
Case Study: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Case Study: Tibet and China
Part II: Core Dynamics: Nation versus World
4. Foreign Policy and International Politics
The Powers
Emerging Powers
Declining Powers
The Goals of Foreign Policy in General
The Tools of Foreign Policy
Case Study: Can-Am Relations
5. International Law and Organization
International Law
The Process of Treaty-Making
International Organization
Case Study: The Birth of an International Institution
Part III: Traditional Issues of Hard Power: Bucks and Bullets
6. International Trade and Business
Summarizing the Drivers of Economic Growth
International Trade
Case Study: Asia and Export-Led Development
International Business
7. Armed Conflict, Part 1: Causes and Outbreak
War Defined
War's Costs and Casualties
What Causes War, and Is There a Solution?
Regulating the Outbreak of War
Case Study: A Tale of Two Recent Wars: Afghanistan and Iraq
8. Armed Conflict, Part 2: Methods and Aftermath
Defining Some Military Terms
Fighting a War
Case Study: The My Lai Massacre
Case Study: Child Soldiers
Jus Post Bellum: Aftermath
Case Study: Two Examples of the Retribution Model
Case Study: Reconstructing Germany and Japan
Case Study: Reconstruction Models Applied to Afghanistan and Iraq
Part IV: Newer Issues of Soft Power: Improving Well-Being
9. Human Rights
Recent Human Rights History
Completing the Values Picture: The Point of Human Rights
Realizing Human Rights
International Human Rights Law
Case Study: The European Human Rights System
Other Tools for Human Rights
Case Study: The Arab Spring
Human Rights NGOs
Women's Human Rights
10. Global Public HealthJennifer E. McWhirter:
Health and History
Global Public Health and Other Fields of International Studies
What is Health?
What is Public Health?
Case Study: John Snow and the Tracing of a Cholera Outbreak
A Tale of Two Cities: North versus South
Case Study: The Global Tobacco Epidemic
A Tale of Two Neighbourhoods: North versus North
Global Poverty and Health Inequality
Case Study: Maternal Health
The Other Side of Darkness
Case Study: Smallpox
11. International Aid and Development
Why Should the Developed World Care?
Aid versus Development
Rival Concepts of Development
Sources of Development Assistance
Three Waves of Development
Case Study: Micro-Finance
12. Conclusion
Could World Government Be the Solution?
Kant's Cosmopolitan Federation
Conclusion: Bottom-Up Pluralism, Revisited

Instructor's Manual
For each chapter:
Point form lecture outlines
5-20 key concepts
3-5 discussion ideas
2-5 class activities
Test Bank
For each chapter:
23-30 multiple-choice
10-15 true-or-false
3-5 short-answer
Answers and page references
E-Book (ISBN 9780199000654):
Available through CourseSmart.com

Brian Orend is the director of international studies, and a professor of philosophy at the University of Waterloo. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York City. Orend is the author of five books: On War: A Dialogue (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008); The Morality of War (Broadview, 2006); Human Rights: Concepts and Context (Broadview, 2002); Michael Walzer on War and Justice (MQUP, 2000); and War and International Justice: A Kantian Perspective (WLU, 2000). Two of these - The Morality of War and Human Rights: Concepts and Context - are widely used as textbooks and were written for his own courses at the University of Waterloo. In addition, Dr Orend has written dozens of articles, both scholarly and popular, and is an active public speaker. He has addressed conferences, media, and audiences around the world on his two major areas of research: war and peace, and human rights. He also consults with private industry and governments on business and professional ethics. He has experience working in intellectual property law and is also the president of LIB Publishing Inc., a start-up fiction press.

Introduction to International Development - Edited by Paul Haslam, Jessica Schafer and Pierre Beaudet
Foreign Policy - Edited by Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne
Poverty and Development - Edited by Tim Allen and Alan Thomas
Politics in the Developing World - Edited by Peter Burnell, Vicky Randall and Lise Rakner
Making Sense in the Social Sciences - Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman and Patrizia Albanese

Special Features

  • Integrates perspectives from a wide range of disciplines, including history, economics, political science, law, geography, cultural studies, and health sciences, emphasizing the way in which all of these subjects are interrelated.
  • Written by a distinguished Canadian author, academic, and international expert on human rights and military conflict, this text offers an informed, Canadian perspective on global issues.
  • Coverage of current and historical episodes and debates provides students with a solid foundation to international studies.
  • Engaging case studies in every chapter offer up-to-date coverage of topics such the Arab Spring, China's human rights record, "peak oil theory", post-war reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the recent financial troubles in the US and EU.
  • "Canadian Insights" boxes highlight Canadian contributions to global initiatives and concerns.
  • "Studies in Technology" boxes explore the role of technology in international affairs by examining current topics such as the recent, high-profile "Wikileaks scandal"; cyber-warfare; and new proposals to make Internet access an international human right.