Research and Writing in International Relations

<p><i>Research and Writing in International Relations</i> Fourth Edition offers the step-by-step guidance and the essential resources needed to compose political science papers that go beyond description and into systematic and sophisticated inquiry.</p><p>This book provides concise easy-to-use advice to help students develop more advanced papers through step-by-step descriptions examples and resources for every stage of the paper writing process. The book focuses on areas where students often need guidance: understanding how international relations theory fits into research finding a topic developing a question reviewing the literature designing research and last writing the paper. </p><p>Including current and detailed coverage on how to start research in the discipline’s major subfields <i>Research and Writing in International Relations</i> gives students a classroom-tested approach that leads to better research and writing in introductory and advanced classes. </p><p><b>New to the Fourth Edition</b>:</p><ul> <li>Expanded guidance on formulating and refining effective research questions</li> <li>Recommendations for navigating the use of information sources popular with students such as social networks podcasts and other digital media</li> <li>Additional focus on areas of particular challenge for students such as avoiding plagiarism</li> <li>Advice on how to responsibly use AI to assist in the research and writing process</li> <li>Revised topic chapters that include updates to the scholarly literature and data sources</li> <li>New resources on research topics of special interest to students including global climate change international pandemic response and democratic backsliding</li> </ul>