Theories of International Relations, Second Edition

The substantially revised second edition of this widely-used text provides a broad-ranging introduction to the main theoretical approaches to the study of International Relations. The introduction focuses on the nature of theory in the study of global politics and the discipline's internal debates. The following nine substantially revised and updated chapters, including an entirely new one on Constructivism, provide thorough examinations of each of the major traditional and more recent approaches currently prevailing in the discipline.

Scott Burchill is Lecturer in International Relations, Deakin University Richard Devetak is Lecturer in International Politics, Monash University Andrew Linklater is Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Relations, Keele University Matthew Paterson is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Keele University Christian Reus-Smit is Senior Fellow and Head of the Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University Jacqui True is Visiting Fellow, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California