Der Derian James. The (S)pace of international relation: simulation, surveillance and speed

Routledge, 2009. 160 p. This volume considers the most recent demands for justice within the international system, examining how such aspirations often confl ict with norms of state sovereignty and non-intervention. From an interdisciplinary approach that combines issues of international relations with international law, this book addresses issues neglected in both disciplines concerning the establishment of a more just international order and i...

SAGE Publications, 2002, 572 p. Table Of Contents Part One: Historical, philosophical and theoretical issues in international relations On the History and Historiography of International Relations Brian C. Schmidt Philosophy of Social Science and International Relations Colin Wight Rationalism v. Constructivism: A Skeptical View James Fearon and Alexander Wendt Rational Choice and International Relations Duncan Snidal Constructivism and Internat...

Cambridge University Press, 2003. 258 p. This book provides students with a fresh overview of the main theories of the state found in International Relations. The book surveys realist, liberal, Marxist, constructivist, postmodern, postmodern feminist and neo-Weberian approaches to the state, and places each perspective's view of the state in relation to its theory of IR as a whole. It offers readers a unique introduction to state theory in Inte...

London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2010. - 304 p. Friedrich Kratochwil is the author of the classic book: Rules, Norms and Decisions (1989), which introduced constructivism to international relations and has had a profound and significant impact on the discipline. The Puzzle of Politics brings together for the first time a collection of his key essays to explain his approach to international relations and how his thinking...

Routledge, 1997. 409 p. The Future of International Relations presents the state of the art of international relations theory through an analysis of the work of twelve key contemporary thinkers. The authors break with the procedure in the field which juxtaposes aspects of the work of contemporary theorists with others, presenting them as part of a disembodied school of thought or paradigm. A more individual focus can demonstrate instead, the wel...

Stanford University Press, 2004. 384 p. Since the 16th century, balance of power politics have profoundly influenced international relations. But in recent years—with the sudden disappearance of the Soviet Union, growing power of the United States, and increasing prominence of international institutions—many scholars have argued that balance of power theory is losing its relevance. This book examines the current position and future of balance of...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008. 800 р. ISBN:019921932X The Oxford Handbook of International Relations offers the most authoritative and comprehensive overview to date of the field of international relations. Arguably the most impressive collection of international relations scholars ever brought together within one volume, the Handbook debates the nature of the field itself, critically engages with the major theories, surveys a wide spectrum...

Second edition Routledge, 2008. 258 p. Reflections on the Study of International Relations On Sovereignty Nations and States Power Force and Security International Law and the Use of Force Terrorism International Regimes and Organizations Globalization and Development The Environment Governing the Global Commons Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Gender and Other ‘Others’ Religion and International Relations Political Islam

The Politics of Regional Identity: Meddling with the Mediterranean (The New International Relations) Michelle Pace (Author) A keen analysis of the impact of European regionalism in the Mediterranean, focusing on the politics of representation and constructions of identity. The Mediterranean - as a region, as an area of EU policy and as a place on the fringe of a rapidly integrating Europe - has been a theoretically under-researched area. Conta...

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 204 p. International Relations and the Philosophy of History examines the concept of civilization in relation to international systems through an extensive use of the literature in the philosophy of history. A. Nuri Yurdusev demonstrates the relevance of a civilizational approach to the study of contemporary international relations by looking at the multi-civilizational nature of the modern international system, the com...