Theories of International Relations : Fourth Edition

by Burchill, Scott; Linklater, Andrew; Devetak, Richard; Donnelly, Jack; Nardin, Terry; Paterson, Matthew; Reus-Smit, Christian; True, Jacqui

• ISBN13: 9780230219236
• ISBN10: 0230219233
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Written by leading authorities, the most broad-ranging text on International Relations Theory on the market covering both traditional and more recent approaches.

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, UK.

RICHARD DEVETAK is Senior Lecturer in Politics, Monash University, Australia.

JACK DONNELLY is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Political Science, University of Denver, USA.

TERRY NARDIN is Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore.

MATTHEW PATERSON is Professor of Political Science, University of Ottawa, Canada.

CHRISTIAN REUS-SMIT is Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at The Australian National University.

JACQUI TRUE is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition	p. viii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Framework of analysis	p. 1
Diversity of theory	p. 2
Contested nature	p. 5
The foundation of the discipline of International Relations	p. 6
Theories and disciplines	p. 9
Explanatory and constitutive theory	p. 16
Inter-discplinary theory	p. 18
What do theories differ about?	p. 19
Evaluating theories	p. 25
Realism	p. 31
Defining realism	p. 31
Hobbes and classical realism	p. 33
Waltz and structured realism	p. 36
Motives matter	p. 42
System and structure	p. 45
Morality and foreign policy	p. 49
How to think about realism (and its critics)	p. 54
Liberalism	p. 57
After the Cold War	p. 57
The liberal view: æinside looking out'	p. 59
War, democracy and free trade	p. 60
Globalization and terrorism	p. 73
Conclusion	p. 84
The English School	p. 86
From power to order: international society	p. 91
Order and justice in international relations	p. 94
The revolt against the West and the expansion of international society	p. 100
Progress in international relations	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 109
Marx and Marxism	p. 111
Class, production and international relations in Marx's writings	p. 113
Nationalism and imperialism	p. 120
The changing fortunes of Marxism in international relations	p. 124
Marxism and international relations theory today	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 135
Historical Sociology	p. 136
Origins of historical sociology	p. 139
Power and production in historical sociology	p. 140
Power and interdependence in international relations	p. 144
System and society	p. 147
Morality, culture and the emotions	p. 148
A higher synthesis?	p. 152
On grand narratives	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 157
Critical Theory	p. 159
Origins of critical theory	p. 160
The politics of knowledge in international relations theory	p. 163
Rethinking political community	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 182
Post-structuralism	p. 183
Power and knowledge in international relations	p. 184
Textual strategies of post-structuralism	p. 190
Problematizing sovereign states	p. 194
Beyond the paradigm of sovereignty: rethinking the political	p. 204
Conclusion	p. 211
Constructivism	p. 212
Rationalist theory	p. 213
The challenge of critical theory	p. 217
Constructivism	p. 218
Constructivism and its discontents	p. 225
The contribution of constructivism	p. 229
Recent developments in constructivism	p. 231
Conclusion	p. 235
Feminism	p. 237
Empirical feminism	p. 240
Analytical feminism	p. 246
Normative feminism	p. 253
Conclusion	p. 257
Green Politics	p. 260
Theorizing environment within international relations	p. 261
Beyond IR: green politics and the challenge to world order	p. 266
Bioenvironmentalism - authority, scale, and eco-centrism	p. 267
Social greens - limits to growth and political economy	p. 273
Greening global politics	p. 277
Conclusion	p. 280
International Political Theory	p. 284
Theorizing international politics	p. 284
Justice in war	p. 289
International justice	p. 294
Global justice	p. 299
The history of international thought	p. 306
Bibliography	p. 311
Index	p. 355
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