World Politics Trend and Transformation Author:Charles W. Kegley, Eugene R. Wittkopf, Charles W. Kegley Jr This textbook provides an introduction to international relations and to global problems and policy issues. The authors cover rivalries between nations, and issues - like terrorism, nuclear proliferation, energy and resource politics, and patterns of international production and investment - which transcend national boundaries. Their approach at... more »tempts to blend historical and descriptive information with more analytic, theoretical and conceptual discussion. This new edition has been redesigned and provides coverage of the break-up of the Soviet bloc, the fresh emergence of nationalism and ethnic conflict, and the rise of the European Community and other regional trading blocs.« less