The accessible analytical framework to make sense of global events, and the tools to apply it.

With a framework based on interests, interactions, and institutions, World Politics gives students an accessible analytical approach to understand international relations. In the Fifth Edition, two new guest contributors―Stephanie Rickard and Susan Hyde―offer cutting-edge analysis of current issues, including the global coronavirus pandemic and trade war between the United States and China. When assigned with InQuizitive and brand new News Analysis activities, students can apply the framework to global and current events. 

Part One: Foundations

Chapter 1: What Shaped Our World? A Historical Introduction 

Chapter 2: Understanding Interests, Interactions, and Institutions

Part Two: War and Peace 

Chapter 3: Why Are There Wars? 

Chapter 4: Domestic Politics and War 

Chapter 5: International Institutions and War 

Chapter 6: Violence by Nonstate Actors: Civil War and Terrorism 

Part Three: International Political Economy 

Chapter 7: International Trade 

Chapter 8: International Financial Relations 

Chapter 9: International Monetary Relations 

Chapter 10: Development: Causes of the Wealth and Poverty of Nations 

Part Four: Transnational Politics 

Chapter 11: International Law and Norms 

Chapter 12: Human Rights 

Chapter 13: The Global Environment 

Part Five: Looking Ahead 

Chapter 14: Challenges to the Global Order