Realism and International Politics

by Waltz; Kenneth N.

• ISBN13: 9780415954778
• ISBN10: 0415954770
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Realism and International Politics brings together the collected essays of Ken Waltz, one of the most important and influential thinkers of international relations in the second half of the twentieth century. His two books Man, the State and War and Theory of International Politics are classics of International Relations theory and gave birth to the school of thought known as neo-realism or structural realism, out of which many of the current crop of realist scholars and thinkers have emerged. It is an essential volume for both students and scholars.

Author Biography

Kenneth N. Waltz is Senior Research Associate at the Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. He is Emeritus Professor at University of California at Berkeley. He is a past president of the American Political Science Association.

Table of Contents

Theory	p. 1
Kant, Liberalism, and War	p. 3
Conflict in World Politics	p. 19
Reflections on Theory of International Politics: A Response to My Critics	p. 37
The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory	p. 56
Realist Thought and Neorealist Theory	p. 67
Evaluating Theories	p. 83
Thoughts about Assaying Theories	p. 92
International politics	p. 97
The Stability of a Bipolar World	p. 99
Contention and Management in International Relations	p. 123
International Structure, National Force, and the Balance of World Power	p. 137
The Myth of National Interdependence	p. 152
The Emerging Structure of International Politics	p. 166
Structural Realism after the Cold War	p. 197
Globalization and Governance	p. 230
The Continuity of International Politics	p. 246
Military affairs	p. 251
Reason, Will, and Weapons	p. 253
Toward Nuclear Peace	p. 260
Nuclear Myths and Political Realities	p. 276
A Reply (to Critics of Sagan and Waltz)	p. 294
Policy	p. 297
The Politics of Peace	p. 299
America's European Policy Viewed in Global Perspective	p. 310
Another Gap?	p. 335
America as a Model for the World? A Foreign Policy Perspective	p. 345
Permissions and acknowledgements	p. 351
Index	p. 353
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