TY - BOOK ID - 17990402 TI - Beyond the ivory tower AU - Lepgold, Joseph AU - Nincic, Miroslav PY - 2001 SN - 0231116594 0231505523 0231116586 9780231505529 9780231116589 9780231116596 PB - New York Columbia University Press DB - UniCat KW - Diplomacy. KW - International relations KW - International relations. KW - Philosophy. KW - History KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Relations internationales KW - Diplomatie KW - Philosophie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17990402 AB - The gap between academics and practitioners in international relations has widened in recent years, according to the authors of this book. Many international relations scholars no longer try to reach beyond the ivory tower and many policymakers disdain international relations scholarship as arcane and irrelevant. Joseph Lepgold and Miroslav Nincic demonstrate how good international relations theory can inform policy choices. Globalization, ethnic conflict, and ecological threats have created a new set of issues that challenge policymakers, and cutting-edge scholarship can contribute a great deal to the diagnosis and handling of potentially explosive situations. ER -