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- ISBN 9781041232629
- Weight: 490g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 02 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Originally published in 1973, Theory and World Politics provides a penetrating and lucid treatment of the possibilities and applications of the important contemporary approaches to international relations at the time. The essays aim at developing a more reliable and systematic understanding of the subject, and they are presented in such a way that the reader does not become lost in a maze of social-scientific jargon.
Professor Lieber very aptly relates the scientific approach to real world problems and clearly explains and integrates new and important theoretical perspectives. In an eminently readable style, he covers such topics as: game theory, integration theory, communications and systems theories, approaches to power and conflict, and the relationship of theory to public policy and political values.
This book filled a major and previously unmet need in the international relations field; it will be a stimulus to thought for scholars and professionals with interests in this field and promised to become the ideal accompaniment to any undergraduate course on the subject.
Robert J. Lieber, is Emeritus Professor of Government and International Relations at Georgetown University, where he previously served as Chair of the Government Department. He is author or editor of eighteen books on international relations and US foreign policy, and his essays and opeds have appeared in journals and newspapers in the US, Europe, and Asia. He has also served as an advisor to several presidential campaigns. to the State Department, and to the drafters of US National Intelligence Estimates. His latest book is, Indispensible Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World.
