Theories of International Relations, Third Edition

by Scott Burchill, Richard Devetak, Andrew Linklater, Matthew Paterson, Christian R

• ISBN13: 9781403948663
• ISBN10: 1403948666
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-09-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The fully updated and revised third edition of this widely used text provides a comprehensive survey of leading perspectives in the field including an entirely new chapter on Realism by Jack Donnelly. The introduction explains the nature of theory and the reasons for studying international relations in a theoretically informed way. The nine chapters which follow-written by leading scholars in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia,and New Zealand-provide thorough examinations of each of the major approaches currently prevailing in the discipline.

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. Richard Devetak is Lecturer in Politics, Monash University, Australia. Jack Donnelly is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Political Science, University of Denver. Matthew Paterson is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Ottawa. Christian Reus-Smit is Professor of International Relations, Australian National University, Australia. Jacqui True is Lecturer in International Politics, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition	viii
List of Abbreviations	ix
Notes on the Contributors	x
Introduction	1	(28)
Scott Burchill
Andrew Linklater
Frameworks of analysis	1	(1)
Diversity of theory	2	(3)
Contested nature	5	(1)
The foundation of International Relations	6	(3)
Theories and disciplines	9	(6)
Explanatory and constitutive theory	15	(3)
What do theories of international relations differ about?	18	(5)
Evaluating theories	23	(6)
Realism	29	(26)
Jack Donnelly
Defining realism	30	(2)
Hobbes and classical realism	32	(2)
Waltz and structural realism	34	(6)
Motives matter	40	(4)
Process, institutions and change	44	(4)
Morality and foreign policy	48	(4)
How to think about realism (and its critics)	52	(3)
Liberalism	55	(29)
Scott Burchill
After the Cold War	55	(2)
Liberal internationalism: `inside looking out'	57	(1)
War, democracy and free trade	58	(12)
Economy and terrorism	70	(11)
Conclusion	81	(3)
The English School	84	(26)
Andrew Linklater
From power to order: international society	89	(4)
Order and justice in international relations	93	(5)
The revolt against the West and the expansion of international society	98	(5)
Progress in international relations	103	(5)
Conclusion	108	(2)
Marxism	110	(27)
Andrew Linklater
Class, production and international relations in Marx's writings	112	(8)
Nationalism and imperialism	120	(4)
The changing fortunes of Marxism in International Relations	124	(8)
Marxism and international relations theory today	132	(3)
Conclusion	135	(2)
Critical Theory	137	(24)
Richard Devetak
Origins of critical theory	137	(3)
The politics of knowledge in International Relations theory	140	(6)
Rethinking political community	146	(13)
Conclusion	159	(2)
Postmodernism	161	(27)
Richard Devetak
Power and knowledge in International Relations	162	(5)
Textual strategies of postmodernism	167	(4)
Problematizing sovereign states	171	(10)
Beyond the paradigm of sovereignty: rethinking the political	181	(6)
Conclusion	187	(1)
Constructivism	188	(25)
Christian Reus-Smit
Rationalist theory	189	(4)
The challenge of critical theory	193	(1)
Constructivism	194	(7)
Constructivism and its discontents	201	(4)
The contribution of constructivism	205	(2)
Constructivism after 9/11	207	(4)
Conclusion	211	(2)
Feminism	213	(22)
Jacqui True
Empirical feminism	216	(5)
Analytical feminism	221	(7)
Normative feminism	228	(4)
Conclusion	232	(3)
Green Politics	235	(23)
Matthew Paterson
Green political theory	237	(1)
Global ecology	238	(1)
Ecocentrism	238	(1)
Limits to growth, post-development	239	(3)
Green rejections of the state-system	242	(4)
Objections to Green arguments for decentralization	246	(2)
Greening global politics?	248	(6)
Conclusions	254	(4)
Bibliography	258	(31)
Index	289