International Relations, Political Theory and the Problem of Order: Beyond International Relations Theory?

by Rengger,N. J.

• ISBN13: 9780415095839
• ISBN10: 0415095832
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Focusing on the "problem of order" in international politics, this book suggests that International Relations theory in the twentieth century had adopted two broad families of approaches, the first of which seeks to find ways of "managing" order in international relations and the second of which seeks to "end" the problem of order. It also assesses the state of International Relations theory today and suggests an alternative way of reading the problem of order which generates a different trajectory for theory in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xvii
Introduction: International Relations theory and the problem of order	1	(34)
PART I Managing order?	35	(106)
Balance	37	(34)
Society	71	(29)
Institutions	100	(41)
PART II Ending order?	141	(48)
Emancipation	143	(30)
Limits	173	(16)
Epilogue: ordering ends?	189	(19)
Select bibliography	208	(17)
Index	225