Theories of International Relations : Fourth Edition
by Burchill, Scott; Linklater, Andrew; Devetak, Richard; Donnelly, Jack; Nardin, Terry; Paterson, Matthew; Reus-Smit, Christian; True, JacquiEdition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-03-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Written by leading authorities, the most broad-ranging text on International Relations Theory on the market covering both traditional and more recent approaches.
Author Biography
SCOTT BURCHILL is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Deakin University, Australia.
ANDREW LINKLATER is Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.
RICHARD DEVETAK is Senior Lecturer in Politics, Monash University, Australia.
JACK DONNELLY is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Political Science, University of Denver, USA.
TERRY NARDIN is Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore.
MATTHEW PATERSON is Professor of Political Science, University of Ottawa, Canada.
CHRISTIAN REUS-SMIT is Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian National University.
JACQUI TRUE is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
ANDREW LINKLATER is Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.
RICHARD DEVETAK is Senior Lecturer in Politics, Monash University, Australia.
JACK DONNELLY is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Political Science, University of Denver, USA.
TERRY NARDIN is Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore.
MATTHEW PATERSON is Professor of Political Science, University of Ottawa, Canada.
CHRISTIAN REUS-SMIT is Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian National University.
JACQUI TRUE is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Fourth Edition | p. viii |
| List of Abbreviations | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Framework of analysis | p. 1 |
| Diversity of theory | p. 2 |
| Contested nature | p. 5 |
| The foundation of the discipline of International Relations | p. 6 |
| Theories and disciplines | p. 9 |
| Explanatory and constitutive theory | p. 16 |
| Inter-discplinary theory | p. 18 |
| What do theories differ about? | p. 19 |
| Evaluating theories | p. 25 |
| Realism | p. 31 |
| Defining realism | p. 31 |
| Hobbes and classical realism | p. 33 |
| Waltz and structured realism | p. 36 |
| Motives matter | p. 42 |
| System and structure | p. 45 |
| Morality and foreign policy | p. 49 |
| How to think about realism (and its critics) | p. 54 |
| Liberalism | p. 57 |
| After the Cold War | p. 57 |
| The liberal view: æinside looking out' | p. 59 |
| War, democracy and free trade | p. 60 |
| Globalization and terrorism | p. 73 |
| Conclusion | p. 84 |
| The English School | p. 86 |
| From power to order: international society | p. 91 |
| Order and justice in international relations | p. 94 |
| The revolt against the West and the expansion of international society | p. 100 |
| Progress in international relations | p. 105 |
| Conclusion | p. 109 |
| Marx and Marxism | p. 111 |
| Class, production and international relations in Marx's writings | p. 113 |
| Nationalism and imperialism | p. 120 |
| The changing fortunes of Marxism in international relations | p. 124 |
| Marxism and international relations theory today | p. 133 |
| Conclusion | p. 135 |
| Historical Sociology | p. 136 |
| Origins of historical sociology | p. 139 |
| Power and production in historical sociology | p. 140 |
| Power and interdependence in international relations | p. 144 |
| System and society | p. 147 |
| Morality, culture and the emotions | p. 148 |
| A higher synthesis? | p. 152 |
| On grand narratives | p. 154 |
| Conclusion | p. 157 |
| Critical Theory | p. 159 |
| Origins of critical theory | p. 160 |
| The politics of knowledge in international relations theory | p. 163 |
| Rethinking political community | p. 168 |
| Conclusion | p. 182 |
| Post-structuralism | p. 183 |
| Power and knowledge in international relations | p. 184 |
| Textual strategies of post-structuralism | p. 190 |
| Problematizing sovereign states | p. 194 |
| Beyond the paradigm of sovereignty: rethinking the political | p. 204 |
| Conclusion | p. 211 |
| Constructivism | p. 212 |
| Rationalist theory | p. 213 |
| The challenge of critical theory | p. 217 |
| Constructivism | p. 218 |
| Constructivism and its discontents | p. 225 |
| The contribution of constructivism | p. 229 |
| Recent developments in constructivism | p. 231 |
| Conclusion | p. 235 |
| Feminism | p. 237 |
| Empirical feminism | p. 240 |
| Analytical feminism | p. 246 |
| Normative feminism | p. 253 |
| Conclusion | p. 257 |
| Green Politics | p. 260 |
| Theorizing environment within international relations | p. 261 |
| Beyond IR: green politics and the challenge to world order | p. 266 |
| Bioenvironmentalism - authority, scale, and eco-centrism | p. 267 |
| Social greens - limits to growth and political economy | p. 273 |
| Greening global politics | p. 277 |
| Conclusion | p. 280 |
| International Political Theory | p. 284 |
| Theorizing international politics | p. 284 |
| Justice in war | p. 289 |
| International justice | p. 294 |
| Global justice | p. 299 |
| The history of international thought | p. 306 |
| Bibliography | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 355 |
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