Making Sense of International Relations Theory

Making Sense of International Relations Theory
Author: Jennifer Anne Sterling-Folker
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2013
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781588268228

What does it mean to adopt a realist, or a world systems, or a green approach to international relations? Does the plethora of ¿isms¿ have any relevance to the real world of global politics and policymaking? Making Sense of International Relations Theory addresses these questions by illustrating theories in action. With the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US and its allies as a common point of reference, each contributor presents a particular framework for interpreting world affairs. This structure offers students tangible examples of how theory is used in practice and at the same time highlights the explanatory differences among theories. Incorporating extensive introductory sections, the book is uniquely designed to explore alternative ways of understanding current events¿to assist students in making sense of, as well as with, IR theory.

Theories of International Cooperation and the Primacy of Anarchy

Theories of International Cooperation and the Primacy of Anarchy
Author: Jennifer Sterling-Folker
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0791489426

Challenging the standard liberal explanations for international cooperation in the field of international relations, this book contends that despite numerous efforts and the passage of time, our understanding of the cooperative phenomenon remains woefully inadequate. Sterling-Folker argues that widespread explanatory reliance on what constitutes functionally efficient choices in global interdependence is deductively illogical and empirically unsound. The author's approach for explaining international cooperation is comprised of realist and constructivist insights and places the state, rather than the market, at the center of analysis. A thorough examination of Post-Bretton Woods American monetary policy-making reveals the fundamental flaws of traditional explanations and the superiority of a realist-constructivist alternative to the cooperative phenomenon.

International Relations Theories

International Relations Theories
Author: Timothy Dunne
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199696012

Drawing on a wealth of expertise from an international team of contributors, the second edition of International Relations Theories presents a diverse selection of theoretical positions. Arguing that theory is central to explaining the dynamics of world politics, editors Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki, and Steve Smith cover a wide variety of theoretical positions--from the historically dominant traditions to powerful critical voices since the 1980s. The editors have brought together a team of international contributors, each specializing in a different theory. The contributors explain the theoretical background to their positions before showing how and why their theories matter. The book opens up space for analysis and debate, allowing students to decide which theories they find most useful in explaining and understanding international relations.

Theory of International Politics

Theory of International Politics
Author: Kenneth Neal Waltz
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1979
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Forfatterens mål med denne bog er: 1) Analyse af de gældende teorier for international politik og hvad der heri er lagt størst vægt på. 2) Konstruktion af en teori for international politik som kan kan råde bod på de mangler, der er i de nu gældende. 3) Afprøvning af den rekonstruerede teori på faktiske hændelsesforløb.

A Relational Theory of World Politics

A Relational Theory of World Politics
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.

Cooperating Rivals

Cooperating Rivals
Author: Jeffrey K. Sosland
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2008-06-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780791472026

Examines cooperation and conflict over water in the Middle East.

Information Technologies and Global Politics

Information Technologies and Global Politics
Author: James N. Rosenau
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0791489450

Returning to the fundamentals of political science, namely power and governance, this book studies the relationship between information technologies and global politics. Key issue-areas are carefully examined: security (including information warfare and terrorism); global consumption and production; international telecommunications; culture and identity formation; human rights; humanitarian assistance; the environment; and biotechnology. Each demonstrates the validity of the view now prevalent within international relations research—the shifting of power and the locus of authority away from the state. Three major conclusions are offered. First, the nation-state must now confront, support, or coexist with other international actors: non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations; multinational corporations; transnational social movements; and individuals. Second, our understanding of instrumental and structural powers must be reconfigured to account for digital information technologies. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, information technologies are now reconstituting actor identities and issues.

Debating the Global Financial Architecture

Debating the Global Financial Architecture
Author: Leslie Elliott Armijo
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0791488225

Debating the Global Financial Architecture opens up the contemporary debate surrounding the reform of the "global financial architecture." Economists and political scientists explore the economic and technical content of alternative global financial regimes as well as the political processes through which such changes are negotiated. The contributors, though diverse, jointly fear that rapid removal of the remaining controls on private international financial transactions risks systematic crisis. By initiating a cross-disciplinary discussion, they hope to see the politics of global financial design examined more honestly, yet without discarding or devaluing a solid economic analysis of global money and investment flows.