International affairs | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 2018-12-23

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_relations


00:02:10 1 History
00:06:34 1.1 Study of international relations
00:08:51 2 Theory
00:09:00 2.1 Normative theory
00:09:34 2.2 Epistemological theory
00:11:20 2.3 Positivist theories
00:11:29 2.3.1 Realism
00:14:26 2.3.2 Liberalism
00:16:28 2.3.3 Neoliberalism
00:17:30 2.3.4 Regime theory
00:18:48 2.4 Post-positivist/reflectivist theories
00:18:58 2.4.1 International society theory (the English school)
00:19:46 2.4.2 Social constructivism
00:21:51 2.4.3 Feminism
00:23:57 2.4.4 Marxism
00:26:08 2.5 Leadership theories
00:26:17 2.5.1 Interest group perspective
00:26:47 2.5.2 Strategic perspective
00:27:09 2.5.3 Inherent bad faith model
00:27:54 2.6 Post-structuralist theories
00:29:09 3 Levels of analysis
00:29:19 3.1 Systemic level concepts
00:29:51 3.1.1 Sovereignty
00:30:51 3.1.2 Power
00:31:26 3.1.3 National interest
00:32:25 3.1.4 Non-state actors
00:33:21 3.1.5 Power blocs
00:34:15 3.1.5.1 Polarity
00:37:24 3.1.6 Interdependence
00:37:59 3.1.7 Dependency
00:38:28 3.1.8 Systemic tools of international relations
00:40:49 3.2 Unit-level concepts in international relations
00:41:10 3.2.1 Regime type
00:41:53 3.2.2 Revisionism/status quo
00:42:35 3.2.3 Religion
00:43:29 3.3 Individual or sub-unit level concepts
00:45:28 4 Institutions in international relations
00:45:56 4.1 Generalist inter-state organizations
00:46:06 4.1.1 United Nations
00:46:39 4.1.2 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
00:47:07 4.1.3 Other
00:47:18 4.2 Economic institutions
00:47:28 4.3 International legal bodies
00:47:37 4.3.1 Human rights
00:47:45 4.3.2 Legal
00:47:53 4.4 Regional security arrangements
00:48:02 5 See also
00:48:36 6 Notes and references
00:48:46 7 Bibliography
00:49:31 7.1 Theory
00:52:16 7.2 Textbooks
00:52:25 7.3 History of international relations
00:52:35 8 External links



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International relations (IR) or international affairs (IA) — commonly also referred to as international studies (IS), global studies (GS), or global affairs (GA) — is the study of interconnectedness of politics, economics and law on a global level. Depending on the academic institution, it is either a field of political science, an interdisciplinary academic field similar to global studies, or an entirely independent academic discipline in which students take a variety of internationally focused courses in social science and humanities disciplines. In all cases, the field studies relationships between political entities (polities) such as sovereign states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs), and the wider world-systems produced by this interaction. International relations is an academic and a public policy field, and so can be positive and normative, because it analyses and formulates the foreign policy of a given state.
As political activity, international relations dates from the time of the Greek historian Thucydides (c. 460–395 BC), and, in the early 20th century, became a discrete academic field (no. 5901 in the 4-digit UNESCO Nomenclature) within political science. In practice, international relations and international affairs forms a separate academic program or field from political science, and the courses taught therein are highly interdisciplinary.For example, international relations draws from the fields of politics, economics, international law, communication studies, history, demography, geography, sociology, anthropology, criminology, psychology, and gender studies. The scope of international relations encompasses issues such as globalization, diplomatic relations, state sovereignty, international security, ecological sustainability, nuclear proliferation, nationalism, economic development, global financ ...