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Political theory : methods and approaches
Lively introduction to the many interesting ways to do political theory in the 21st century. - ;Political theorists are too often silent on questions of method and approach. David Leopold and Marc Stears have assembled a distinguished group of contributors to break that silence and to explain and defend the research methods they utilise in their own work. The result is a rich and varied collect…
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- 9780199230099
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- 1 online resource (ix, 224 p.) : ill.
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- [POL-LIB-207]
International political theory after Hobbes : analysis, interpretation and or…
The idea of international political theory after Hobbes is a timely and lively focus through which to raise questions about international politics. Contributors explore Hobbes' views on contemporary international political theory and on international relations in the context of the history of political thought and Hobbesian realism.
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- 9780230205383
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- x, 216 p. ; 23 cm.
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- International political theory
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- [POL-LIB-206]
Thomas Schelling and the nuclear age : strategy as social science
This book provides an insight into the work of Thomas Schelling, one of the most influential strategic thinkers of the nuclear age. By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the United States' early forays into Vietnam, he had become one of the most distinctive voices in Western strategy. This book shows how Schelling's thinking is much more than a reaction to the tensions of the Cold War. In…
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- 0714655163
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- 1 online resource (xi, 235 p.)
- Series Title
- Cass series--strategy and history, 10.
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- [POL-SSS-58]
Contingency, hegemony, universality : contemporary dialogues on the left
"What is the contemporary legacy of Gramsci's notion of hegemony? How can universality be reformulated now that its spurious versions have been so thoroughly criticized?" "In this ground-breaking project, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Zizek engage in a dialogue on central questions of contemporary philosophy and politics. Their essays, organized as three contributions each that respo…
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- 1859847579
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- vi, 329 p. ; 20 cm
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- Phronesis (London, England)
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- [POL-SSS-12]
Western political thought in dialogue with Asia
Western Political Thought in Dialogue with Asia is a unique collection of essays that examines the exchange of political ideas between Western Europe and Asia from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. The contributors to the volume call for globalizing the scope of research and teaching in the history of political thought.
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- 9780739123782
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- vi, 330 p. ; 24 cm
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- Global encounters
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- [POL-IRT-71]
Theory and evidence in comparative politics and international relations
Contributing authors offer a variety of answers, addressing the purpose and methods of research and analysing concepts, including the relationship of theory and evidence, the changing formulation of neopositivism, and the importance of medicine to social science.
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- 9781403974563
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- x, 290 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
- Series Title
- New visions in security
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- [POL-IRT-66]
Theories of international relations : transition vs. persistence
"This book is a synthetic historiography of present-day international relations theory. It is a critical analysis of the continuing diversity and complexity of enduring themes through a sustained focus on the analysis of the empirical evidence accumulated by social scientists. Special attention is given to key historical changes in theoretical approaches over the past half-century with full rec…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0312230745
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- 317 p. ; 25 cm
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- -
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- [POL-IRT-65]
The future of international relations : masters in the making?
This book presents the state of the art of international relations theory through an analysis of the work of twelve key contemporary thinkers; John Vincent, Kenneth Waltz, Robert O. Keohane, Robert Gilpin, Bertrand Badie, John Ruggie, Hayward Alker, Nicholas G. Onuf, Alexander Wendt, Jean Bethke Elshtain, R.B.J. Walker and James Der Derian. The authors aim to break with the usual procedure in t…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0415144078
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- xiv, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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- New international relations
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- [POL-IRT-60]
Political thought and international relations : variations on a realist theme
Political realism dominated the study of international relations during the Cold War and has again in recent years retuned to the centre of scholarly debate in international relations. In this book leading authors analyse various historical and philosophical themes, probing the potential and the pathologies of realist thought.
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- 9780199556274
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- 1 online resource (245 p.)
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- -
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- [POL-IRT-48]
Liberalism and the limits of power
"This book provides the first critical assessment of important recent developments in Anglo-American liberal theorizing about limited government. Following a comparative study of canonical liberal philosophers Hayek and Rawls, Juliet A. Williams reveals a new direction for conceptualizing limited government in the twenty-first century, highlighting the central role that democratic politics - ra…
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- 140397103X
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- xi, 176 p. ; 22 cm.
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- -
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- [POL-IRT-32]
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