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

ISBN: 9780205292530 | 0205292534
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Pub. Date: 1/1/2010

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SummaryTable of Contents
Designed as a main text for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in International Relations Theory.A rich and diverse collection of theoretical essays and excerpts, this volume divides and organizes the material into categories related to Globalism, Realism, and Pluralism. Past editions of this text quickly gained respect in the academic world for clarity and comprehensiveness. This third edition expands its breadth to cover emerging theories and its editorial apparatus to help students better comprehend sophisticated material.
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Prefacexiii
1 Theory, Images, and International Relations: An Introduction
1(54)
What Is Theory?
3(2)
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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
Glossary469(32)
Index501

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