At its core, this undergraduate-level introduction to international relations is based on the strate...
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At its core, this undergraduate-level introduction to international relations is based on the strategic perspective--the assumption that political leaders make policy decisions to maximize their own political welfare and not that the welfare of the state. Mesquita (New York U. and Hoover Institution at Stanford U.) does look at competing constructivist, realist, liberal, bureaucratic, and interest group approaches and compares their treatment to historical events in the international political arena to his strategic perspective. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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