Agents Structures And International Relations
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Author | : Colin Wight |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2006-10-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1139460269 |
The agent-structure problem is a much discussed issue in the field of international relations. In his comprehensive 2006 analysis of this problem, Colin Wight deconstructs the accounts of structure and agency embedded within differing IR theories and, on the basis of this analysis, explores the implications of ontology - the metaphysical study of existence and reality. Wight argues that there are many gaps in IR theory that can only be understood by focusing on the ontological differences that construct the theoretical landscape. By integrating the treatment of the agent-structure problem in IR theory with that in social theory, Wight makes a positive contribution to the problem as an issue of concern to the wider human sciences. At the most fundamental level politics is concerned with competing visions of how the world is and how it should be, thus politics is ontology.
Author | : Colin Wight |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2006-10-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521857529 |
The agent-structure problem is a much discussed issue in the field of international relations. In his comprehensive 2006 analysis of this problem, Colin Wight deconstructs the accounts of structure and agency embedded within differing IR theories and, on the basis of this analysis, explores the implications of ontology - the metaphysical study of existence and reality. Wight argues that there are many gaps in IR theory that can only be understood by focusing on the ontological differences that construct the theoretical landscape. By integrating the treatment of the agent-structure problem in IR theory with that in social theory, Wight makes a positive contribution to the problem as an issue of concern to the wider human sciences. At the most fundamental level politics is concerned with competing visions of how the world is and how it should be, thus politics is ontology.
Author | : Margaret Scotford Archer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2003-08-28 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780521535977 |
Explores the relationship between structure and agency through human reflexivity and the internal conversation.
Author | : Alexander Wendt |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1999-10-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1107268435 |
Drawing upon philosophy and social theory, Social Theory of International Politics develops a theory of the international system as a social construction. Alexander Wendt clarifies the central claims of the constructivist approach, presenting a structural and idealist worldview which contrasts with the individualism and materialism which underpins much mainstream international relations theory. He builds a cultural theory of international politics, which takes whether states view each other as enemies, rivals or friends as a fundamental determinant. Wendt characterises these roles as 'cultures of anarchy', described as Hobbesian, Lockean and Kantian respectively. These cultures are shared ideas which help shape state interests and capabilities, and generate tendencies in the international system. The book describes four factors which can drive structural change from one culture to another - interdependence, common fate, homogenization, and self-restraint - and examines the effects of capitalism and democracy in the emergence of a Kantian culture in the West.
Author | : John M. Hobson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2000-04-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521643917 |
This book, first published in 2000, provides an overview of theories of the state found in International Relations.
Author | : Colin Wight |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Author | : Vendulka Kubalkova |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2015-03-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1317467418 |
Explores the application of constructivist theory to international relations. The text examines the relevance of constructivism for empirical research, focusing on some of the key issues of contemporary international politics: ethnic and national identity; gender; and political economy.
Author | : Milja Kurki |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2008-04-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1139470760 |
World political processes, such as wars and globalisation, are engendered by complex sets of causes and conditions. Although the idea of causation is fundamental to the field of International Relations, what the concept of cause means or entails has remained an unresolved and contested matter. In recent decades ferocious debates have surrounded the idea of causal analysis, some scholars even questioning the legitimacy of applying the notion of cause in the study of International Relations. This book suggests that underlying the debates on causation in the field of International Relations is a set of problematic assumptions (deterministic, mechanistic and empiricist) and that we should reclaim causal analysis from the dominant discourse of causation. Milja Kurki argues that reinterpreting the meaning, aims and methods of social scientific causal analysis opens up multi-causal and methodologically pluralist avenues for future International Relations scholarship.
Author | : Marijn Hoijtink |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2019-04-23 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0429871759 |
This book responds to a gap in the literature in International Relations (IR) by integrating technology more systematically into analyses of global politics. Technology facilitates, accelerates, automates, and exercises capabilities that are greater than human abilities. And yet, within IR, the role of technology often remains under-studied. Building on insights from science and technology studies (STS), assemblage theory and new materialism, this volume asks how international politics are made possible, knowable, and durable by and through technology. The contributors provide empirically rich and pertinent accounts of a variety of technologies relevant to the discipline, including drones, algorithms, satellite imagery, border management databases, and blockchains. Problematizing various technologically mediated issues, such as secrecy, violence, and questions of how authority and evidence become constituted in international contexts, this book will be of interest to scholars in IR, in particular those who work in the subfields of (critical) security studies, International Political Economy, and Global Governance. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Author | : Yaqing Qin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2018-04-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107183146 |
A reinterpretation of world politics drawing on Chinese cultural and philosophical traditions to argue for a focus on relations amongst actors, rather than on the actors individually.