International relations theory

Combining extensive commentary by the authors and excerpts from original scholarship, International Relations Theory evaluates all the major theoretical perspectives that political scientists use to analyze world politics. This unique survey/reader not only looks at classic international relations t...

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Main Author: Viotti, Paul R.
Other Authors: Kauppi, Mark V.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Longman 2012
Edition:5th ed., international ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Thinking about IR theory
  • Part I: Images of International Relations
  • 2. Realism: the state and balance of power
  • 3. Liberalism: interdependence and global governance
  • 4. Economic structuralism: global capitalism and postcolonialism
  • 5. The English school: international society and Grotian rationalism
  • Part II: Interpretive Understandings
  • 6. Constructivist understandings
  • 7. Positivism, critical theory, and postmodern understandings
  • 8. Feminist understandings in IR theory
  • Part III: Normative Considerations
  • 9. Normative IR theory: ethics and morality