This volume outlines the methods appropriate to an English school understanding of international relations and their assumptions about how knowledge of the 'social' is gained. It outlines what is involved in 'an English school approach' and what this approach delivers in the contemporary understanding of international relations.
"This book provides an innovative interpretation of Hans J. Morgenthaus contribution to international relations, and argues that the concepts of meaning, power as meaning imposition, disenchantment and re-enchantment are central to Morgenthaus theory"--Provided by publisher.
"The essays in Hannah Arendt and International Relations employ the work of this versatile theorist to examine various facets of international affairs. With contributions written by international political theorists from around the world, the volume draws on Arendt's insights to assess critically the boundaries of international affairs. Although Arendt did not write directly on international re…
Explores the complex issue of international ethics in the two dominant schools of thought in international relations, Liberalism and Realism. This book is of interest to students and researchers of politics, philosophy, ethics and international relations.
Diplomacy does not take place simply between states but wherever people live in different groups. Paul Sharp argues that the demand for diplomacy, and the need for the insights of diplomatic theory, are on the rise. In contrast to conventional texts which use international relations theories to make sense of what diplomacy and diplomats do, this book explores what diplomacy and diplomats can co…
This book contextually re-examines the history of international relations in order to explore how the discipline has imported and employed the concept of culture.
"This book explores the interface between diverse social movement resistances to neoliberal globalisation and a range of critical theories in the discipline of International Relations (IR). The book is a powerful contribution to what the editors hope will be an ongoing dialogue between "the movement" and IR, between theory and practice, and between different critical theory perspectives."
Contains essays that cover a variety of issues including diplomacy, alienation, terrorism, intelligence, national security, various forms of warfare, the role of information technology in international relations, poststructuralist theory, and the military-entertainment-media matrix.
An edited volume of essays demonstrating the importance of classical thinkers in international relations.
"World political processes, such as wars and globalization, 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 q…