Theories of International Relations

by Andrew Linklater (Author), Andrew Linklater (Author), Scott Burchill (Author), Richard Devetak (Author), et al (Author)

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  2001

  $3.25

  The substantially revised second edition of this text provides a broad ranging introduction to the main theoretical approaches to the study of international relations. The introduction focuses on the nature of theory in the study of global politics and the discipline's internal debates. The following nine substantially revised and updated chapters, including an entirely new one on Constructivism, provide thorough examinations of each of the major traditional and more modern approaches prevailing in the discipline.

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  Paperback
  2005

  $3.25

  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.