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    <title>Theories and approaches to international politics</title>
    <subTitle>What are we to think?</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Morgan, Patrick M.</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1940-</namePart>
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    <publisher>Transaction Books</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c1981</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1981</dateIssued>
    <edition>3d ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>x, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>This book is a classic introduction to International Relations (IR) theory, written to help students understand that there is no single way to explain world politics. Instead, Patrick M. Morgan argues that international politics must be studied through multiple theoretical lenses, each highlighting different aspects of global behavior.

The core idea is that IR theory is not just abstract philosophy—it is a set of tools for interpreting real-world political events, such as war, alliances, diplomacy, and conflict management.

Morgan emphasizes:

The complexity of international systems
The limits of any “single grand theory”
The value of comparing competing approaches</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Patrick M. Morgan.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>International relations</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
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