Drezner, Daniel W.

Theories of international politics and zombies / Daniel W. Drezner. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011. - x, 153 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction... to the undead -- The zombie literature -- Defining a zombie -- Distracting debates about flesh-eating ghouls -- The Realpolitik of the living dead -- Regulating the undead in a liberal world order -- Neoconservatism and the Axis of Evil dead -- The social construction of zombies -- Domestic politics : are all zombie politics local? -- Bureaucratic policies : the "pulling and hauling" of zombies -- We're only human : psychological responses to the undead -- Conclusion... or so you think.

Drezner looks at how well-known theories from international relations might be applied to a war with zombies. Exploring the plots of popular zombie films, songs, and books, Theories of international politics and zombies predicts realistic scenarios for the political stage in the face of a zombie threat and considers how valid- or how rotten- such scenarios might be.

9780691147833 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0691147833 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010034287


International relations--Philosophy.
Zombie films--History and criticism.

JZ1305 / .D74 2011

327.101