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Two worlds of international relations : academics, practitioners and the trad…
In the twentieth century the social science of international relations has gone from strength to strength. At first, policy-makers showed little interest in academic international relations, but in the last thirty years they have both encouraged and to a degree intervened in this burgeoning field. For their part, academics have been drawn more and more into commentary on governments' actions, t…
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- 041506970X
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- xiii, 233 p. ; 22 cm
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- [POL-IRT-69]
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
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- 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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- 0312230745
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- 317 p. ; 25 cm
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- [POL-IRT-65]
The power of international theory : reforging the link to foreign policy-maki…
"The field of international relations arose from the desire to assist and guide policy-makers to create a better and more peaceful world. However, many of the current trends, post-positivism, constructivism, reflectivism and postmodernism share a conception of international theory that undercuts the possibility of offering significant guidance to policy-makers."
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- 0415701384
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- xii, 253 p. ; 24 cm
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- New international relations
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- [POL-IRT-63]
The logic of anarchy : neorealism to structural realism
This treatise attempts to release structural theory from the confines of neorealism, and in the process lays the groundwork for a comprehensive theory of international relations based upon a methodologically open structural realism.
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- 0231080409
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- 267 p. ; 24 cm
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- New directions in world politics
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- [POL-IRT-62]
The limits of ethics in international relations : natural law, natural rights…
Ethical constraints on relations among individuals within and between societies have always reflected or invoked a higher authority than the caprices of human will. For over two thousand years Natural Law and Natural Rights were the constellations of ideas and presuppositions that fulfilled this role in the west, and exhibited far greater similarities than most commentators want to admit. Such …
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- 9780199203529
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- 1 online resource (vii, 421 p.)
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- [POL-IRT-61]
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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- 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]
The fundamental rules of the international legal order : Jus Cogens and oblig…
Jus cogens has become one of the most frequently used arguments in international law. Some authors ride roughshod over the traditional regimes, claiming that the effectiveness of jus cogens or obligations erga omnes must be the paramount consideration in any conceivable instances, even concerning their indirect repercussions. This book, the outgrowth of a joint reflection by French and German i…
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- 9004149813
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- 471 p. ; 25 cm
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- [POL-IRT-59]
The environment and international relations
"This textbook is an invaluable guide for students of global environmental politics from both political science and environmental studies perspectives. It introduces students to the ways in which the theories and tools of International Relations can be used to analyze and address global environmental problems."--Jacket.
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- 9780521842167
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- xiii, 250 p. ; 24 cm
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- Themes in international relations
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- [POL-IRT-58]
The English school of international relations : a contemporary reassessment
What is the English School of International Relations and why is there increasing interest in it? The authors provide a comprehensive account of the rise and development of the School, its principal research agenda, its methodological foundations and itscontribution to international relations.
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- 9780521858359
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- ix, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
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- Cambridge studies in international relations, 102.
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- [POL-IRT-57]
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