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International Studies Encyclopedia from Wiley
The International Studies Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work for the fields of international studies and international relations. Arranged across 12 volumes in an A-Z format, it brings together specially commissioned, peer reviewed essays, written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers.
Key features include
- Over 400 peer reviewed essays of up to 10,000 words focusing on the most important topics and issues
- Aimed at students, scholars, and practitioners, the essays are designed to allow readers to be brought quickly up-to-date on the nature of the questions asked, past attempts at formulating responses, and the current state of debates
- Comprehensive coverage of the field
- Extensive index volume
- Organized primarily around the different sections representing areas of specialization within the ISA
The Encyclopedia is organized around the following ISA sections:
- Active Learning in International Affairs
- Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies
- Diplomatic Studies
- English School
- Environmental Studies
- Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration
- Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Global Development Studies
- Human Rights
- Intelligence Studies
- International Communication
- International Education
- International Ethics
- International Law
- International Organization
- International Political Economy
- International Political Sociology
- International Security Studies
- IR Theory
- Peace Studies
- Political Geography
- Post-Communist States in IR
- Scientific Study of International Processes
- Women's Caucus
It includes live links to archives, datasets, cases, pedagogical aids, and other relevant materials to enhance the essays featured in the encyclopedia.
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September 13, 2010
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