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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
- Series Title
- 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 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
- Series Title
- New international relations
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- [POL-IRT-60]
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
- Series Title
- 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]
The balance of power in world history
The balance of power is one of the most influential ideas in international relations, yet it has never been systemically and comprehensively examined in pre-modern or non-European contexts. This book redresses this imbalance.
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- 9780230507104
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- x, 279 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
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- -
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- [POL-IRT-56]
Risk-taking in international politics : prospect theory in American foreign p…
Risk plays a dramatic role in international relations as leaders make decisions about issues such as war and peace, disarmament, and about lowering economic barriers to trade and investment. How a country's leaders think about risk in making foreign policy decisions is important in understanding why and how they make decisions. Rose McDermott applies prospect theory to four cases in American fo…
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- 0472108670
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- x, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- [POL-IRT-54]
Realism, idealism, and international politics : a reinterpretation
International relations is a discipline dominated by the debate between the realist and idealist paradigms. This book provides the most comprehensive critical review of the realist tradition to date. It looks closely at the terms 'realism' and 'idealism' and in doing so uncovers a broad range of interesting questions. Why, for example, do political realists see anarchy as being incompatible wit…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0415069718
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- 1 online resource (x, 206 p.)
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- -
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- [POL-IRT-52]
Realism reconsidered : the legacy of Hans Morgenthau in international relations
"Williams and his contributors make an exciting and innovative contribution to Morgenthau scholarship.... Though there has been much work on Morgenthau and the problem of international morality, there has not been a volume that ties Morgenthau so directly into constructivist theory."--Ethics &International Affairs
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- 9780199288618
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- x, 278 S.
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- -
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- [POL-IRT-51]
Realism and international relations
"Realism and International Relations provides a critical yet sympathetic survey of political realism in international theory. Using six paradigmatic theories - Hans Morgenthau, Kenneth Waltz, the Prisoners' Dilemma, Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Hobbes - the book examines realist accounts of human nature and state motivation, international anarchy, system structure and the balance of power, inte…
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- 0521592291
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- 1 online resource (viii, 231 p.)
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- Themes in international relations
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- [POL-IRT-50]
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