Product Description: Rapid change in world events and academic interest in globalization have fueled the expansion in international political studies. This introductory text for students of the subject examines issues such as the consequences of the collapse of communism, the impact of environmentalism and the prospects for global politics in the future...read more

Product Description: This textbook is designed to meet the need for an up-to-date account of Soviet politics written in the light of contemporary events in the now defunct Union. The spectacle of the rise, development and collapse of the Soviet Union - the great 20th-century empire and superpower - has fascinated contemporaries and provoked changes within both Europe and the world system...read more

Product Description: This new edition of Ponton and Gill's well-known text continues to provide students with a superlative guide to political concepts and institutions. The second edition has sold in excess of 5,500 copies Thoroughly revised and updated, also two completely new chapters on global politics Clearly structured for course use, each chapter length to suit a week's reading Clearly written and accessible, very lucid introduction to political concepts...read more