International Relations Then & Now: Origins and Trends in Interpretation

by William Olson

Through the study of international relations is a conceptual pursuit, it has only been given formal academic recognition this century. This volume reviews how the great thinkers of the past considered relations between political and social units. It then broaches the emergence of a discipline which sought first to explain the state system that had emerged in the 17th century and now struggles to come to grips with many different conceptions of a rapidly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0044451016
• ISBN13: 9780044451013
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher