Description
This invaluable text--in an all-new set of chapters--brings together leading international relations scholars to assess the current theory and research on the causes of war and what promotes peace. Considering fifty years of research, the contributors provide a student-friendly overview of current knowledge and an agenda for future questions.
Author: Sara McLaughlin Mitchell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 04/01/2021
Pages: 466
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.04d
ISBN13: 9781538140093
ISBN10: 1538140098
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations | General
- History | Military | General
- Political Science | Security (National & International)
About the Author
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is the F. Wendell Miller Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa. She is the author of five books and more than fifty journal articles and book chapters. Her areas of expertise include international conflict, political methodology, and gender issues in academia. Professor Mitchell is cofounder of the Journeys in World Politics workshop, a mentoring workshop for junior IR women. She received the ISA Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award (2015), a distinguished alumni award from Iowa State University, and she served as president of the Peace Science Society. John A. Vasquez is the Thomas B. Mackie Scholar in International Relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His books include The War Puzzle, The Power of Power Politics, The Steps to War (with Paul Senese), Contagion and War: Lessons from the First World War, and What Do We Know About War? (first and second editions). He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the APSA Conflict Processes Section, and he has served as president of the Peace Science Society and the International Studies Association.