The analytical framework instructors love–and the help students need applying it With a framework based on interests, interactions, and institutions, World Politics gives students the tools to understand international relations. In the thoroughly updated Fourth Edition, new Controversy units provide models for applying the concepts in each chapter to real-world issues and events. New InQuizitive activities–created and tested by instructors who teach with World Politics–then invite students to practice applying the analytical tools from the text to alternative examples and cases.

The accessible analytical framework to make sense of global events, and the tools to apply it. With a framework based on interests, interactions, and institutions, World Politics gives students an accessible analytical approach to understand international relations. In the Fifth Edition, two new guest contributors–Stephanie Rickard and Susan Hyde–offer cutting-edge analysis of current issues, including the global coronavirus pandemic and trade war between the United States and China. When assigned with InQuizitive and brand new News Analysis activities, students can apply the framework to global and current events.