For introductory courses in International Politics, World Politics and International Relations.  Unique in its presentation, World Politics adopts a world politics perspective that integrates international and domestic policies throughout all the substantive topics in the text. The text combines contemporary and historical coverage with tools that encourage students understanding, independent thinking and active evaluation of real world problems. Four major issues - security and the uses of force; international economics; international environmental issues and human rights amid global diversity - receive equal, exhaustive coverage while the authors focus on the politics of strategic choice in a way that stresses finding a common ground that respects different world views.