International Relations Theories
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Bringing together the most influential scholars in the field, the fourth edition of this best-selling text provides unrivalled coverage of International Relations theories and arguments. Dunne, Kurki and Smith explore the full spectrum of theoretical perspectives and debates, ranging from the historically dominant traditions of realism, liberalism, and Marxism to postcolonialism and green theory. Each chapter is dedicated to a particular theory and features a case study that bridges theory and practice, and shows how theory can be used to explain real-world political dilemmas.
Spotlights on key books and articles encourage readers to go beyond the textbook and explore important works in the field, and new case study questions encourage analytical thinking and help readers understand the value of applying theory to concrete political problems. The text is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, which provides additional resources for both lecturers and students. For students: - Expand your reading with web links organized by chapter that point you to pertinent articles and useful websites.
Lýsing:
Bringing together the most influential scholars in the field, the fifth edition of this best-selling text provides unrivalled coverage of international relations theories and arguments. Dunne, Kurki and Smith explore the full spectrum of theoretical perspectives and debates, ranging from the historically dominant traditions of realism, liberalism and Marxism to traditionally marginalised postcolonialism and green theory.
The fifth edition features a new chapter on global IR, encouraging students to critically reflect on the context of the field's development and appreciate the importance of viewing international relations theories from truly representative perspectives. Each chapter is dedicated to a particular theory and features a case study that bridges theory and practice by showing how theory can be used to explain real world political dilemmas, whilst accompanying case study questions encourage analytical thinking and help readers understand the value of applying theory to concrete political problems.
Spotlights on key books and articles encourage readers to go beyond the textbook and develop their research interests, exploring important works in the field. Digital formats and resources The fifth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. - The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.
oxfordtextbooks. co. uk/ebooks - This text is supported by a range of online resources, to encourage deeper engagement with the subject matter. For students: - Explore areas of research interest with web links organized by chapter that point you to pertinent articles and useful websites - Test your understanding of key terms with the flashcard glossary - Use our revision guide as a useful overview of key theories and issues to form the basis for your assessment preparation -Develop your skills of critical evaluation with pointers on answering case study questions, helping you to apply theories to real world issues For lecturers: - Use the adaptable PowerPoint slides as the basis for lecture presentations or seminar discussion, ensuring efficient, effective teaching preparation.
Annað
- Höfundar: Tim Dunne, Milja Kurk, Steve Smith
- Útgáfa:5
- Útgáfudagur: 2020-12-17
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- Format:ePub
- ISBN 13: 9780192551627
- Print ISBN: 9780198814443
- ISBN 10: 0192551620
Efnisyfirlit
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Preface
- How to Use the Book
- Acknowledgements
- About the Contributors
- Guided Tour of Learning Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resources
- Introduction: Diversity and Disciplinarity in International Relations Theory
- All these theories but the bodies keep piling up
- What do the theories share?
- Diversity and disciplinarity
- 1 International Relations and Social Science
- Introduction
- The philosophy of social science in IR: an historical overview
- Science, the fourth debate, and beyond
- Understanding key terms
- Beyond positivism? Beyond the fourth debate? An alternative conception of IR as a science
- Exploring the key implications of meta-theoretical differences in IR theory
- Conclusion
- 2 Classical Realism
- Introduction
- Classical realism on order and stability
- Classical realism and change
- Classical realism on the nature of theory
- Case study: classical realist analysis of Iraq
- Conclusion: the tragic vision
- 3 Structural Realism
- Introduction
- Why do states want power?
- How much power is enough?
- What causes great power war?
- Case study: can China rise peacefully?
- Conclusion
- 4 Liberalism
- Introduction
- Four big changes in the world
- The ‘epidemiology’ of international conflict
- Realist constraints
- Kantian constraints
- Analysing the global experience of a century
- Are democracies peaceful in general?
- A self-perpetuating system?
- Case study: the European Union
- Promoting order in anarchy
- Conclusion: power, hegemony, and liberalism
- 5 Neoliberalism
- Introduction
- How did neoliberalism emerge?
- What are the barriers to international cooperation?
- How does neoliberalism study international institutions?
- Case study: the World Trade Organization
- Conclusion
- 6 The English School
- Introduction
- The interpretive mode of inquiry
- International society
- International society: between system and world society
- Case study: human rights protection in a divided world
- Conclusion
- 7 Marxism
- Introduction
- Historical materialism and the meaning of dialectical theory
- Western Marxism and Gramsci’s theory of hegemony
- Global power and hegemony
- Case study: from Bush to Trump—US global power as twenty-first-century imperialism?
- Conclusion
- 8 Critical Theory
- Introduction
- The Frankfurt school
- Critical IR theory
- Empirical challenges and institutional norms
- Case study: the Arab Spring
- Critical reflexivity
- Conclusion
- 9 Constructivism
- Introduction
- The social construction of reality
- Constructivism and rationalism
- Constructivism as middle ground
- Consistent constructivism
- Case study: the war on Covid-19
- Conclusion
- 10 Feminism
- Introduction
- Thinking about gender in global politics
- Situating feminism in disciplinary international relations
- Seeing gender in global politics
- Case study: United Nations sanctions on Iraq
- Conclusion
- 11 Poststructuralism
- Introduction
- The interdisciplinary context of poststructuralism
- The reaction of IR to poststructuralism
- The critical attitude of poststructuralism
- Understanding discourse
- Discourses of world politics
- Case study: images of humanitarian crises
- Conclusion
- 12 Postcolonialism
- Introduction
- Postcolonial theory: debates, preoccupations, commitments
- Postcolonial international relations
- Narrating a postcolonial IR
- Case study: of Iranian negotiations
- Conclusion
- 13 Normative International Relations Theory
- Introduction
- Normative IR theory: defining a distinct field of scholarship
- Normative IR theory: exploring IR’s implicit ethical assumptions
- Case study: duties to ‘enemies’ and civilian casualties in Iraq
- Conclusion
- 14 Green Theory
- Introduction
- A very short history of global environmental politics
- The greening of IR theory
- Case study: the challenge of climate change
- Conclusion
- 15 International Relations Theory and Globalization
- Introduction
- What’s at stake in the globalization debate?
- The semantics of globalization
- The empirics of globalization: its extent and consequences
- Case study: from the welfare state to the competition state?
- Conclusion
- 16 Global International Relations
- Introduction
- IR’s multiple and global foundations
- Americanization and its discontents
- Case study: IR theories and world order
- Fragmentation or globalization?
- 17 Still a Discipline After All These Debates?
- Introduction
- The discipline question
- What kind of discipline is IR? Changes in social structure
- Changes in intellectual structure? The end of great debatism?
- Specific theories—what axes of debate?
- Conclusion: What are we doing? How are we doing?
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
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