International Theory

Höfundar: Steve Smith; Ken Booth; Marysia Zalewski (Útgáfa: 1)
International Theory

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This book provides a major review of the state of international theory. It is focused around the issue of whether the positivist phase of international theory is now over, or whether the subject remains mainly positivistic. Leading scholars analyse the traditional theoretical approaches in the discipline, then examine the issues and groups which are marginalised by mainstream theory, before turning to four important new developments in international theory (historical sociology, post-structuralism, feminism, and critical theory).

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Útgefandi
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9780511837456
Print ISBN
9780521479486
Format
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Útgáfa
1
Höfundar
Steve Smith; Ken Booth; Marysia Zalewski
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
1996-06-13
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
10

Kaflar

  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • I Debates
  • 1 Positivism and beyond
  • What's at stake in the epistemology debate?
  • The history of positivism
  • Three epistemological positions
  • Contemporary epistemological debates
  • Positivism in international theory
  • Positivism and beyond
  • II Legacies
  • 2 The timeless wisdom of realism?
  • A very brief intellectual history of realism
  • The distinguishing features of realism
  • The place of realism in the discipline ofInternational Relations
  • The timeless wisdom of realism?
  • 3 The growing relevance of pluralism?
  • The intellectual heritage of pluralism
  • The re-emergence of pluralism in internationalrelations
  • The growing relevance of pluralism?
  • Conclusion
  • 4 The inter-state structure of the modern world-system
  • The modern world-system
  • The inter-state system
  • 5 The accomplishments of international political economy
  • Introduction
  • Some history
  • Liberalism
  • Realism
  • Domestic politics
  • Conclusion
  • 6 The continued significance of positivism?
  • Introduction
  • The nature of a moderate positivism
  • Quantification in International Relations
  • Rational choice theory
  • Morality and positivism
  • Conclusion
  • III Silences
  • 7 The rise and fall of the inter-paradigm debate
  • What was the inter-paradigm debate?
  • How did it differ from the other three great debates?
  • How did it start?
  • How did it end?
  • What's wrong with the inter-paradigm debate?
  • 8 Margins, silences and bottom rungs: how to overcome the underestimation of power in the study of i
  • 9 Is there a classical international theory?
  • Martin Wight on international theory
  • The classical approach
  • The classical approach and modern social science
  • Realism and the 'English School'
  • The classical tradition and post-positivist theories
  • IV Openings
  • 10 Authoritarian and liberal militarism: a contribution from comparative and historical sociology
  • Introduction
  • Constitutional and absolutist states
  • Varieties of successor states and militarism
  • Modern Western militarism: 1. Nation-statism
  • Modern Western militarism: 2. Civil society militarism
  • Conclusion
  • 11 The achievements of post-structuralism
  • 12 The contributions of feminist theory to international relations
  • Feminists theorise
  • Genealogical beholdings of gender in InternationalRelations
  • From awareness to theorising
  • There is no Eureka at the end . . .
  • 13 The achievements of critical theory
  • Subject and object
  • Critique of the immutability thesis
  • The reconstruction of historical materialism: fromproduction to discourse ethics
  • Discourse ethics: implications for politics
  • Conclusion
  • V Directions
  • 14 The last post?
  • 15 Probing puzzles persistently: a desirable but improbable future for IR theory
  • Puzzlement
  • Precursors to theory
  • Some routes to puzzlement
  • 16 The future of international relations: fears and hopes
  • Three-quarters of a century of IR: a balance-sheet
  • Topics old and new
  • The future: theoretical prospects
  • The future: four hopes
  • Conclusion
  • 17 75 years on: rewriting the subject's past – reinventing its future
  • 18 'All these theories yet the bodies keep piling up': theories, theorists, theorising
  • Theory as a tool
  • Theory as critique
  • Theory as everyday practice
  • All these theories yet the bodies keep piling up5
  • Index