This document provides an in depth but still concise summary of the most essential book: The Globalization of World Politics by John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens. The module is largely based on this book, which gives enough insights to understand the key theories of IR and support them with examples. The summary's aim is to give a good comprehension chapter 6, which is on Realism.

These documents provide a detailed summary of two of the most important theories of international relations: Liberalism and Realism. These will help you get a good knowledgeable understanding of both theories with some examples and brief enough to study/cram before any exams but also detailed enough to use as a basis for more in depth knowledge of the theories. The summaries mostly take on the key textbooks of the course: The Globalization of World Politics and Introduction to International Rela...