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Chapter 16
Learning Objectives
- Understand how major issues of comparative politics interact with those of another major subfield, international relations.
- Consider some of the major issues in the twenty-first century international arena, such as globalization, efforts at integration, various forms of transnational phenomena, and nuclear proliferation.
- Get introduced to the major theories of international relations, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, and Marxism.
Key Concepts
- International Security
- International Political Economy
- Transnational Issues
- Globalization and Trade
- International Institutions and Integration
- Immigration
- Environment and Sustainability
- Transnational Networks
- Nuclear Threats and Terrorism