International Relations Theory : Realism, Pluralism, Globalism, and Beyond

by Viotti, Paul R.; Kauppi, Mark V.

• ISBN13: 9780205292530
• ISBN10: 0205292534
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

A rich and diverse collection of theoretical essays and excerpts, this volume divides and organizes the material by category for clarity and comprehensiveness. Selections range from the works of Thucydides to Alexander Wendt and comprise a rich and thorough overview of International Relations literature. Sections are organized by categories related to Globalism, Realism, and Pluralism. For anyone with an interest in International Relations Theories.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
1 Theory, Images, and International Relations: An Introduction	1	(54)
What Is Theory?	3	(2)
Alternative Images	5	(8)
Realism--Major Actors and Assumptions	6	(1)
Pluralism--Major Actors and Assumptions	7	(2)
Globalism--Major Actors and Assumptions	9	(2)
Images of International Relations: Some Qualifications	11	(2)
The Levels of Analysis	13	(3)
Scientific Understanding	16	(5)
Positivism	16	(2)
Interpretive Understanding, Critical Theory, and a Postmodernist Critique of International Relations Theory	18	(2)
Feminism and International Relations Theory	20	(1)
Summation	21	(1)
Notes	22	(2)
Selections for Further Reading and Reference	24	(5)
SELECTED READINGS	29	(26)
Thinking Theory Thoroughly	29	(9)
James N. Rosenau
Positivism and Beyond	38	(17)
Steve Smith
2 Realism: The State, Power, and the Balance of Power	55	(144)
Major Actors and Assumptions: A Summary	55	(2)
Intellectual Precursors and Influences	57	(7)
Thucydides	57	(2)
Machiavelli	59	(1)
Hobbes	60	(1)
Grotius	61	(1)
Clausewitz	62	(1)
Carr	62	(2)
Power	64	(2)
Definitions	64	(1)
Measurement	65	(1)
System	66	(10)
System as Interactions	67	(1)
System as Anarchy and the Distribution of Capabilities	68	(6)
Balance of Power and System Stability	74	(2)
Interdependence	76	(3)
Interdependence and Vulnerability	76	(1)
Interdependence and Economics	77	(1)
Interdependence, Peace, and Hegemony	78	(1)
Change	79	(3)
Realists and Their Critics: An Overview	82	(6)
Realism: The Term Itself	82	(1)
The System and Determinism	83	(1)
Realists and the State	84	(1)
Realists and the Balance of Power	85	(1)
Realism and Change	86	(1)
Realism: The Entire Enterprise	87	(1)
Notes	88	(6)
Selections for Further Reading and Reference	94	(6)
SELECTED READINGS	100	(99)
The Melian Dialogue	100	(5)
Thucydides
On Princes and the Security of Their States	105	(3)
Machiavelli
Of the Natural Condition of Mankind	108	(3)
Thomas Hobbes
The State of War: Confederation as Means to Peace in Europe	111	(16)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Does Order Exist in World Politics?	127	(3)
Hedley Bull
Explaining War	130	(15)
Kenneth N. Waltz
War and Change in World Politics	145	(8)
Robert Gilpin
Theory of World Politics: Structural Realism and Beyond	153	(31)
Robert O. Keohane
The Accomplishments of International Political Economy	184	(15)
Stephen Krasner
3 Pluralism: Decision Making, Transnationalism, and Interdependence	199	(142)
Major Actors and Assumptions: A Summary	199	(1)
Intellectual Precursors and Influences	200	(5)
Liberalism	201	(2)
Interest Group Liberalism	203	(2)
Decision Making	205	(5)
The Individual and Small Groups	206	(3)
Organizational Process and Bureaucratic Politics	209	(1)
Transnationalism	210	(9)
Modernization	211	(1)
Integration	212	(3)
Interdependence, Regimes, Multilateralism	215	(4)
System	219	(2)
Change	221	(1)
Pluralists and Their Critics: An Overview	222	(3)
Anarchy	222	(1)
Theory Building	222	(1)
Voluntarism	223	(1)
Ethnocentrism	224	(1)
Notes	225	(4)
Selections for Further Reading and Reference	229	(4)
SELECTED READINGS	233	(108)
Liberalism and World Politics	233	(13)
Michael W. Doyle
Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics	246	(11)
Andrew Moravcsik
Perception and Misperception in International Politics	257	(12)
Robert Jervis
Crisis Decision Making	269	(11)
Ole R. Holsti
Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis	280	(17)
Graham T. Allison
Ideas and Foreign Policy	297	(10)
Judith Goldstein
Robert O. Keohane
Realism and Complex Interdependence	307	(12)
Robert O. Keohane
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Multilateralism, Knowledge, and Power	319	(12)
Ernst B. Haas
Multilateralism: The Anatomy of an Institution	331	(10)
John Gerard Ruggie
4 Globalism: Dependency and the Capitalist World-System	341	(56)
Major Actors and Assumptions: A Summary	341	(2)
Intellectual Precursors and Influences	343	(4)
Karl Marx	343	(1)
Hobson and Imperialism	344	(1)
Lenin	345	(1)
Luxemburg and Revolution vs. Reform	346	(1)
Antonio Gramsci	347	(1)
Dependency Theorists	347	(4)
ECLA and UNCTAD Arguments	347	(2)
Radical Critiques	349	(1)
Domestic Forces	350	(1)
The Capitalist World-System	351	(4)
System	352	(2)
Political, Economic, and Social Factors	354	(1)
Change	355	(2)
Globalists and Their Critics: An Overview	357	(3)
The Question of Causality	357	(1)
Reliance on Economics	357	(1)
System Dominance	357	(1)
Theoretical Rigidity	358	(1)
Accounting for Anomalies	358	(1)
Defining Alternatives and Science as Ideology	358	(1)
Responses	359	(1)
Notes	360	(3)
Selections for Further Reading and Reference	363	(2)
SELECTED READINGS	365	(32)
The Economic Taproot of Imperialism	365	(4)
J. A. Hobson
Patterns and Perspectives of the Capitalist World-Economy	369	(8)
Immanuel Wallerstein
The Neostructuralist Agenda in International Relations	377	(6)
Barry Gills
Ronen P. Palan
International Organization and Industrial Change	383	(14)
Craig N. Murphy
5 Normative Considerations and International Relations Theory	397	(30)
Moral Choice: Alternative Criteria	398	(2)
The Problem of Justice and War	400	(1)
Justice and Human Rights	401	(2)
Alternative Images and Foreign Policy Choice	403	(1)
Rationality and Foreign Policy Choice	404	(1)
Values, Choices, and Theory	405	(1)
Notes	406	(1)
Selections for Further Reading and Reference	407	(3)
SELECTED READINGS	410	(17)
War, Peace, and the Law of Nations	410	(5)
Hugo Grotius
Morality, Politics, and Perpetual Peace	415	(7)
Immanuel Kant
The Nature of Politics	422	(5)
E. H. Carr
6 The Future of International Relations Theory: Toward a New Synthesis?	427	(42)
Underlying Images	428	(2)
Theory Building	430	(1)
Normative Concerns	431	(1)
Notes	432	(1)
Selections for Further Reading and Reference	433	(1)
SELECTED READINGS	434	(35)
Anarchy Is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics	434	(25)
Alexander Wendt
Turbulent Change	459	(10)
James N. Rosenau
Glossary	469	(32)
Index	501