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International Studies
Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions
Third Edition
- Scott Straus - University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Barry Driscoll - Grinnell College
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International Studies
International Studies
October 2025 | CQ Press
In the Third Edition of International Studies: Global Forces, Interactions, and Tensions, award-winning scholars Scott Straus and Barry Driscoll take an intellectually stimulating and empirical approach to global studies, with a clear framework that helps students think about how key factors—forces, interactions, and tensions—contribute to world events and global problems. The book grounds students in the field's core concepts to help learners with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests consider causes and effects of global problems.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: Global Interactions and Global Tensions
Chapter 2: The Making of Our Global Age: Forces, Interactions, and Tensions Since 1800
Chapter 3: States: Shapers and Subjects of Global Interactions
Chapter 4: Intergovernmental Organizations: Sites of Global Governance
Chapter 5: Civil Society: Agents of Change in Global Interactions
Chapter 6: Social Identities and Culture: Shaping Interactions at the Individual and Societal Levels
Chapter 7: Money: Propelling Global Interactions
Part II: Global Challenges
Chapter 8: Democracy and Representation: Struggles for Freedom and Efforts to Restrict ItChapter 9 Human Rights: The Challenge of Setting and Enforcing Global Norms
Chapter 10: Development: The Challenge of Global Poverty
Chapter 11: Armed Conflict and Political Violence: New Global Security Challenges and Efforts to Manage Them
Chapter 12: Migration: Confronting the Myths of Human Movement
Chapter 13: Global Health: Addressing Inequalities in Outcomes
Chapter 14: Global Environment: Confronting the Challenge of Climate Change
Chapter 15: Global Food: How Can We Solve World Hunger?
Straus and Driscoll have pulled together an introduction to international studies that finally puts the field on its own footing. The framework is well thought out and easy to comprehend.
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
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This text offers great opportunities for discussion and evaluation in class. The emphasis on current global issues will educate students on a variety of perspectives involving global issues.
Valdosta State University
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