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BOOKs | National Law School | Reference | MPP Section | 327.101 HAL-2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36565 |
323.40947 HAV The Power of the powerless : | 327 MIN Essentials of international relations / | 327 MOR Politics among nations : | 327.101 HAL-2 Rethinking international relations / | 327.101 WAL Theory of international politics / | 327.540949 MOH Cossing the Rubicon : | 328 BAC The Politics of Legislative Debates / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-277) and indexes.
Contents Acknowledgements viii Preface IX 1 Introduction: The Pertinence of the 'International' 1 The 'International' in Perspective 1 Formative Influences 4 The Emergence of Theory 5 Realism and Behaviouralism 10 International Relations since the 1970s 16 The Parameters of 'Rethinking' 19 2 Theories in Contention 23 Traditional Empiricism: History and the English School 24 'Scientific Empiricism': the Siren of Behaviouralism 27 Neo-Realism: 'System' without Content 31 The Tallest Story: Post-modernism and the International 37 Conclusion: Another Path 46 3 A Necessary Encounter: Historical Materialism and International Relations 47 A Challenge Evaded 47 Marxism and IR's Three 'Great Debates' 50 The Potential of Historical Materialism 55 The Historical Materialist Paradigm 59 The Inhibitions of Theory 68 Marxism beyond Cold War 71 4 State and Society in International Relations 74 Impasse on the State 74 Definitions Contrasted 78 The State as Domestic and International Actor 84 State Interests and Social Forces 86 Societies and State Systems 87 v vi Contents 5 International Society as Homogeneity 94 The Meanings of 'International Society' 94 Transnationalism and its Limits 103 The 'Constitutive' Paradigm and its Protagonists: Burke, Marx, Fukuyama 107 Implications for International Relations 119 6 'The Sixth Great Power': Revolutions and the International System A Case of Mutual Neglect Revolutions and their Effects The Formation of the International System Historical Patterns International and Domestic Links Revolutions and War 7 Hidden from International Relations: Women and 124 128 132 134 139 143 the International Arena 147 The Silences oflnternational Relations 147 An Emerging Concern: Four Dimensions 152 State and Women: Nationalism and Human Rights 160 Implications and Problems 166 8 Inter-Systemic Conflict: The Case of Cold War 170 A Distinct Form of Conflict 170 Theories of Cold War 171 Sources of Theoretical Resistance 177 The Salience of Heterogeneity 180 9 A Singular Collapse: The Soviet Union anrl Inter-State Competition 191 New Light on Old Questions 191 Transformation from Above 192 The Transition from Socialism to Capitalism 195 International Factors and Cold War 198 A Comparative Failure 205 Three Levels oflnternational Competition 211 Contents vii 10 International Relations and the 'End of History' 216 Aftermaths of Cold War 216 Varieties of Historical Evaluation 222 The 'End of History' 228 Prospects for Liberal Democracy and Peace 232 11 Conclusion: The Future of International Relations 236 The Challenge of the Normative 236 Alternatives in Research 241 Notes 245 Name Index 278 Subject Index 281
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