Theories of International Relations

by ScottBurchill (Author), RichardDevetak (Author), JacquieTrue (Author), Matthew Paterson (Author), Andrew Linklater (Author)

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  1996

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  This book provides a wide-ranging new introduction to the main theoretical approaches to the study of International Relations. Readers are initially introduced to the notion of theory in the study of global politics and the discipline's internal debates. Nine theoretical traditions are examined, beginning with the established orthodoxies of liberal internationalism, realism and neo-realism. The alternative and dissenting approaches of rationalism and Marxism are then explained, followed by the theoretical challenges posed by critical theory and post-modernism. Finally, the growing influences of feminism and green political theory are assessed.

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  2005

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  The fully updated and revised third edition of this widely used text provides a comprehensive survey of leading perspectives in the field including an entirely new chapter on Realism by Jack Donnelly. The introduction explains the nature of theory and the reasons for studying international relations in a theoretically informed way. The nine chapters which follow - written by leading scholars in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US and the UK - provide thorough examinations of each of the major approaches currently prevailing in the discipline.