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·   ISBN: 978-0-415-38076-8

·   Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)

·   Published by: Routledge

·   Publication Date: 25th October 2007

·   Pages: 200

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International relations theory has been the site of intense debate in recent years. A decade ago it was still possible to divide the field between three main perspectives – Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism. Not only have these approaches evolved in new directions, they have been joined by a number of new ‘isms’ vying for attention, including feminism and constructivism.

International Relations Theory for the Twenty-First Century is the first comprehensive textbook to provide an overview of all the most important theories within international relations. Written by an international team of experts in the field, the book covers both traditional approaches, such as realism and liberal internationalism, as well as new developments such as constructivism, poststructuralism and postcolonialism.

The book’s comprehensive coverage of IR theory makes it the ideal textbook for teachers and students who want an up-to-date survey of the rich variety of theoretical work and for readers with no prior exposure to the subject.

Table of Contents

1. Worldviews and IR Theory: Conquest or Coexistence? Martin Griffiths 2. Realism Colin Elman 3. Liberal Internationalism John Macmillan 4. Marxism Mark Rupert 5. Critical Theory Andrew Linklater 6. Constructivism Andrew Bradley Phillips 7. The English School Alex J. Bellamy 8. Poststructuralism Jenny Edkins 9. Feminism Cynthia Enloe 10. Postcolonialism Rita Abrahamsen 11. Theories of State Formation Heather Rae 12. International Political Economy Tom Conley 13. Worldviews and International Political Theory Anthony J. Langlois

About the Author(s)

Martin Griffiths is Associate Professor in International Relations in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane.

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·   ISBN: 978-0-415-41120-2

·   Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)

·   Published by: Routledge

·   Publication Date: 13th July 2006

·   Pages: 272

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This new book unites in one volume some of the most prominent critiques of Alexander Wendt’s constructivist theory of international relations and includes the first comprehensive reply by Wendt.

Partly reprints of benchmark articles, partly new original critiques, the critical chapters are informed by a wide array of contending theories ranging from realism to poststructuralism. The collected leading theorists critique Wendt’s seminal book Social Theory of International Politics and his subsequent revisions. They take issue with the full panoply of Wendt’s approach, such as his alleged positivism, his critique of the realist school, the conceptualism of identity, and his teleological theory of history. Wendt’s reply is not limited to rebuttal only. For the first time, he develops his recent idea of quantum social science, as well as its implications for theorising international relations.

This unique volume will be a necessary companion to Wendt’s book for students and researchers seeking a better understanding of his work, and also offers one of the most up-to-date collections on constructivist theorizing.

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Preface 1. The Constructivist Challenge to Structural Realism: A Review Essay 2 Constructing a New Orthodoxy? Wendt’s ‘Social Theory of International Politics’ and the Constructivist Challenge 3. Grand Theory in the Age of its Impossibility: Contemplations on Alexander Wendt 4. Wendt, IR and Philosophy: a critique 5. Wendt’s constructivism: a relentless quest for synthesis 6. Constructivism and Identity: A Dangerous Liaison 7. Endogenizing Corporate Identities: The Next Step in Constructivist IR Theory 8. Reflexivity and structural change 9. No place for politics? Truth, Progress and the Neglected Role of Diplomacy in Wendt’s Theory of History 10. Social Theory as Cartesian Science: An Auto-Critique from a Quantum Perspective

About the Author(s)

Stefano Guzzini received his doctorate from the European University Institute, Florence. He is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies and Professor in the Department of Government at Uppsala University, Sweden.

 

Anna Leander is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, and Associate Professor of International Political Economy at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

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·   ISBN: 978-0-415-39930-2

·   Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)

·   Published by: Routledge

·   Publication Date: 17th September 2007

·   Pages: 248

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Andrew Linklater has been one of the most innovative thinkers in international relations, introducing critical and ethical elements into the discipline which has forced it to rethink many of its basic assumptions. This book builds on this body of work to develop a radical new theory that calls for a cosmopolitan approach to international relations.

Key subjects covered in the book include:

·   citizenship and humanity

·   critical theory and political community

·   the problem of harm

·   the sociology of states-systems.

Reviews

‘Kant’s ‘citizen of the world’ undertakes an intellectual journey through the pages of Andrew Linklater’s outstanding book. Reaching the present day, it appears possible that humanity is undergoing a global ‘civilizing process ‘, in Elias’s sense. If so, there is still a long road ahead. Can people be forced to live in peace without doing harm to each other? And can a global superpower resist the civilizing pressures and the temptation to pursue its own interests through harming others?’ – Stephen Mennell, University College Dublin, Ireland

‘Andrew Linklater offers a seminal account of the ways in which growing global interconnectedness could achieve an historic reconciliation of sovereignty and world community. This brilliantly conducted learned inquiry should be required reading for anyone concerned about the future of world politics and the ethical prospects of humanity.’ – Richard Falk, Princeton University and University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

‘In an age that combines rapid, often bewildering, change with the promotion of nationalist and particularist thinking, no intellectual task is more important than the redefinition, and reassertion, of cosmopolitan thinking. It is the great contribution of Andrew Linklater’s work that, drawing at once on classical and on contemporary theory, and on a rigourous and realistic engagement with the dilemmas of our age, he has provided a major and constantly expanding reassertion of a global moral vision.The issues that he addresses – community and citizenship, harm, intervention and international law, states and global ethics – are those that lie at the centre of moral discussion and political engagement in the modern world.’ – Fred Halliday, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Problem of Community 1. “Men and Citizens” in International Relations 2. The Problem of Community in International Relations 3. The Achievements of Critical Theory Part 2: The Problem of Citizenship 4. What is a Good International Citizen? 5. The Good International Citizen and the Kosovo Crisis 6. Citizenship and Sovereignty in the Post-Westphalian State 7. Cosmopolitan Citizenship Part 3: The Problem of Harm 8. Citizenship, Humanity and Cosmopolitan Harm Conventions 9. The Problem of Harm in World Politics: Implications for the Sociology of States-Systems 10. Norbert Elias, the Civilizing Process and International Relations 11. Towards a Sociology of Global Morals with an Emancipatory Intent

About the Author(s)

Andrew Linklater is Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. His main publications and research interests have been concerned with the changing nature of political community, the significance of critical theory for international relations and the problem of harm in world politics.

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·   ISBN: 978-0-415-45918-1

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·   Published by: Routledge

·   Publication Date: 15th November 2007

·   Pages: 936

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The study of international relations has changed rapidly in recent years. Firstly as a consequence of major political and economic change – the end of the cold war and the fall of communism, the resurgence of nationalism, terrorism and forms of fundamentalism, globalization – and secondly, linked with these developments, because of the vitality of the discipline, with ongoing debates on the fundamental paradigms for the understanding of international relations and the emergence of the perspectives of feminism, postmodernism, constructivism and critical theory.

The Routledge Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics provides a unique reference source for students and academics covering all aspects of global international relations and the contemporary discipline across IR’s major subject divisions of diplomacy, military affairs, international political economy, and theory. Written by a distinguished group of international scholars, the Encyclopedia is largely comprised of substantial entries of more than 1,000 words, with fifty major entries of 5,000 words on core contemporary topics. Each entry is fully cross-referenced and followed by a listing of complementary entries and a short bibliography for further reading. The whole is comprehensively indexed.

There is no other resource of its kind and the Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics will be an extremely valuable addition to all libraries supporting teaching and research in the social sciences.

Table of Contents

Selected entries include: agent-structure debate; al-Qaeda; clash of civilizations; cold war; constructivism; corruption; critical theory; development; embedded liberalism; empire; ethnic conflict; European Union; failed state; feminism; global cities; global governance; globalization; global warming; historical sociology; human rights; humanitarian intervention; information revolution; international law; International Monetary Fund; international political economy; Islam; just war; law of peoples; liberal internationalism; Marxism; nationalism; nation-state; neoliberalism; order; political risk analysis; postcolonialism; poststructuralism; power; realism; self-determination; sovereignty; state formation; terrorism; third way; United Nations; World Bank; World Trade Organization (WTO)

About the Author(s)

Martin Griffiths is Associate Professor in International Relations in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.