The fourth edition of this successful textbook has been updated in light of current international events and ongoing debates in the subject. It is a highly readable book that provides a systematic introduction to the principal theories in international relations, combining incisive and original anal[...]

There has been a range of theoretical challenges to traditional notions of state sovereignty and a burgeoning debate about the power of the state in the face of globalization and new forms of governance. In this text, Georg Sorensen provides a systematic assessment of the contemporary state, steerin[...]