Richard Little – författare

This book tells the 60,000 year story of how humankind evolved from a scattering of hunter-gatherer bands to todays highly integrated global international political economy. It traces the evolution of ever-wider economic, societal and military-political international systems, and the interplay between these systems and the tribes, city states, empires, and modern states into which humans have organised themselves. Buzan and Little marry a wide range of mainstream International Relations theories to a world historical perspective. They mount a stinging attack on International Relations as a discipline, arguing that its Eurocentrism, historical narrowness, and theoretical fragmentation have reduced almost to nothing both its cross-disclipinary influence and its ability to think coherently about either the past or the future. Seeking to emulate and challenge the cross-disciplinary influence of the world systems model, the book recasts the study of International Relations into a macro-historical perspective, shows how its core concepts work across time, and sets out a new theoretical agenda and a new intellectual role for the discipline.

Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations since the 1980s. This new edition fully updates this key text for the twenty-first century.Focusing on the main competing analytical perspectives, the first and second editions established an authoritative sense of the conceptual tools used to study world politics, as well as reflecting on the major debates and responses to changes in the world arena. This third edition builds on the success of its predecessors by presenting a fresh set of readings within this framework: power and security interdependence and globalization dominance and resistance. It also includes a much-expanded fourth section, ‘World Politics in Perspective’, which reflects the methodological and normative debates that have developed since publication of the previous edition. This is an essential text for all students and scholars of politics and international relations.

Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations since the 1980s. This new edition fully updates this key text for the twenty-first century.Focusing on the main competing analytical perspectives, the first and second editions established an authoritative sense of the conceptual tools used to study world politics, as well as reflecting on the major debates and responses to changes in the world arena. This third edition builds on the success of its predecessors by presenting a fresh set of readings within this framework: power and security interdependence and globalization dominance and resistance. It also includes a much-expanded fourth section, ‘World Politics in Perspective’, which reflects the methodological and normative debates that have developed since publication of the previous edition. This is an essential text for all students and scholars of politics and international relations.

The balance of power has been a central concept in the theory and practice of international relations for the past five hundred years. It has also played a key role in some of the most important attempts to develop a theory of international politics in the contemporary study of international relations. In this 2007 book, Richard Little establishes a framework that treats the balance of power as a metaphor, a myth and a model. He then uses this framework to reassess four major texts that use the balance of power to promote a theoretical understanding of international relations: Hans J. Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations (1948), Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society (1977), Kenneth N. Waltz's Theory of International Politics (1979) and John J. Mearsheimer's The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001). These reassessments allow the author to develop a more comprehensive model of the balance of power.

The balance of power has been a central concept in the theory and practice of international relations for the past five hundred years. It has also played a key role in some of the most important attempts to develop a theory of international politics in the contemporary study of international relations. In this 2007 book, Richard Little establishes a framework that treats the balance of power as a metaphor, a myth and a model. He then uses this framework to reassess four major texts that use the balance of power to promote a theoretical understanding of international relations: Hans J. Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations (1948), Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society (1977), Kenneth N. Waltz's Theory of International Politics (1979) and John J. Mearsheimer's The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001). These reassessments allow the author to develop a more comprehensive model of the balance of power.

Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations since the 1980s. This new edition fully updates this key text for the twenty-first century.Focusing on the main competing analytical perspectives, the first and second editions established an authoritative sense of the conceptual tools used to study world politics, as well as reflecting on the major debates and responses to changes in the world arena. This third edition builds on the success of its predecessors by presenting a fresh set of readings within this framework: power and security interdependence and globalization dominance and resistance. It also includes a much-expanded fourth section, ‘World Politics in Perspective’, which reflects the methodological and normative debates that have developed since publication of the previous edition. This is an essential text for all students and scholars of politics and international relations.

Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations since the 1980s. This new edition fully updates this key text for the twenty-first century.Focusing on the main competing analytical perspectives, the first and second editions established an authoritative sense of the conceptual tools used to study world politics, as well as reflecting on the major debates and responses to changes in the world arena. This third edition builds on the success of its predecessors by presenting a fresh set of readings within this framework: power and security interdependence and globalization dominance and resistance. It also includes a much-expanded fourth section, ‘World Politics in Perspective’, which reflects the methodological and normative debates that have developed since publication of the previous edition. This is an essential text for all students and scholars of politics and international relations.

Well established in its first two editions as the leading text in the field, Issues in World Politics takes a truly global perspective on the major challenges in 21st century international relations. Systematically revised and updated throughout with the addition of a major new chapter on international terrorism by Tim Dunne, the third edition provides an ideal introduction to the key challenges for a fast-changing world.

Well established in its first two editions as the leading text in the field, Issues in World Politics takes a truly global perspective on the major challenges in 21st century international relations. Systematically revised and updated throughout with the addition of a major new chapter on international terrorism by Tim Dunne, the third edition provides an ideal introduction to the key challenges for a fast-changing world.

Grapes, plums, jams...some tasty things are the color purple. Readers of this bright volume will discover this fun fact as well as see varying shades of color in common objects from their lives as they turn each page. Recognizable items and comprehensible text make this book a valuable tool for improving reading comprehension and reviewing color concepts.

The eye-catching color of red tints delicious apples, shiny toy cars, juicy tomatoes, and so much more in the world around us. Readers of this cheerful volume are invited to recognize red in well-known objects in each photograph as well as to review important vocabulary words in at-level sentences. A simple activity at the end of the book allows them to self-evaluate their mastery of this color concept.

Yellow is an important part of our daily lives. Yellow school buses, traffic lights, bananas, butter, and more populate our day, whether we realize it or not. This accessible text will reveal to readers the many shades of yellow all around them. As they turn each page, they’ll recognize objects in the photos, identify them, and practice the accompanying vocabulary. A concluding activity will help them display their understanding of the concept of yellow.

Yellow is an important part of our daily lives. Yellow school buses, traffic lights, bananas, butter, and more populate our day, whether we realize it or not. This accessible text will reveal to readers the many shades of yellow all around them. As they turn each page, they''ll recognize objects in the photographs, identify them, and practice the accompanying vocabulary. A concluding activity will help them display their understanding of the concept of yellow.

Grapes, plums, jams...some tasty things are the color purple. Readers of this bright volume will discover this fun fact as well as see varying shades of color in common objects from their lives as they turn each page. Recognizable items and comprehensible text make this book a valuable tool for improving reading comprehension and reviewing color concepts.

The eye-catching color of red tints delicious apples, shiny toy cars, juicy tomatoes, and so much more in the world around us. Readers of this cheerful volume are invited to recognize red in well-known objects in each photograph as well as to review important vocabulary words in at-level sentences. A simple activity at the end of the book allows them to self-evaluate their mastery of this color concept.

"Is it time yet?" This useful book helps readers practice answering this question for themselves using analog clocks. They''ll learn what each clock hand indicates and how to tell time in hour and half-hour increments. Telling time using an analog clock is an important step for young learners, and an early standard of Common Core math, and this straightforward text and accompanying photographs guide readers in mastery of that fundamental skill. Final questions aid in evaluating what they''ve learned.

It is not just important for young learners to master familiar shapes like triangles, circles, and squares. Recognizing and identifying two-dimensional ("flat") or three-dimensional ("solid") shapes is a geometry standard of Common Core math. This helpful book, written to be accessible for our youngest learners, allows readers to compare 2-D shapes with their 3-D counterparts, such as a circle and sphere. Photographs clearly illustrate the qualities that define each. Concluding questions help readers review geometric terms.

Identifying half and whole shapes is a fundamental part of geometry. Young learners may practice first with flat shapes, but seeing this idea applied to foods they know is much more enticing! This charming book, full of bright photographs of favorite foods, is a great review of a crucial concept. Readers will practice vocabulary terms through accessible sentences as well as the application of the words "half" and "whole," and a final activity allows them to check their understanding.

The eye-catching color of red tints delicious apples, shiny toy cars, juicy tomatoes, and so much more in the world around us. Readers of this cheerful volume are invited to recognize red in well-known objects in each photograph as well as to review important vocabulary words in at-level sentences. A simple activity at the end of the book allows them to self-evaluate their mastery of this color concept.

Yellow is an important part of our daily lives. Yellow school buses, traffic lights, bananas, butter, and more populate our day, whether we realize it or not. This accessible text will reveal to readers the many shades of yellow all around them. As they turn each page, they''ll recognize objects in the photographs, identify them, and practice the accompanying vocabulary. A concluding activity will help them display their understanding of the concept of yellow.