Jackson, Patrick Thaddeus. The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations

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...

Systemic Approaches to Middle East International Relations by F. Gregory Gause III This article critiques four important works that use systems-level perspectives to explain the international politics of the Middle East, and suggests an alternative way of conceptualizing the Middle East international system. Its purpose is to show how insights from international relations theory can be used to explain the specificities of the Middle East, and th...

Routledge, 2007. 306 p. War, Peace and International Relations is an introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, years which were shaped and reshaped by wars. The book shows that war is not only about warfare – the military conduct of war – but is crucial to the political, social and cultural behaviour of states. Written by leading strategist Professor Colin Gray, this textbook provides students with a good grounding in the...

Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 209 p. In the tradition of the English School of International Relations theory, this book seeks to show how continuities in international politics outweigh the changes. The author demonstrates how the world is neither one of anarchy, as put forward by realists, nor is it a fully cosmopolitan order, as argued by those on the other side of the theoretical spectrum. Instead, it is a world of states who acknowledge a set o...

Cambridge University Press, 2008. 349 p. World political processes, such as wars and globalisation, 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 questioning t...

ISBN13: 9780754678151, 230 pages, Published by Ashgate Publishing in 2009. Contents. Foreword – Robert O. Keohane vii. Acknowledgements ix. ntroduction. International Relations Theory: A European Perspective? O rigins of the International Relations Theories. and the Emerging Realist Paradigm. S ystemic Approaches in the United States. nternational Political Economy. The Influence of K. Marx on International Relations. Beyond Realism and Neo-re...

Routledge, 2004. 221 p. Culture is a popular and powerful, though often unacknowledged, idea in international relations. However, where it was once used to foster mutual understanding, in the post-Cold War era it became synonymous with ways of life that clashed. Culture and International Relations: Narratives, natives and tourists provides an historical survey of the development of the idea of culture from the perspective of international relati...

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

4 стр. Статья. 21/10/2009. By George Topouria exclusively for the chairman of Strategic and International Relations Research Fund of Georgia Mr. Alexsandre Rondeli. Essay on International Relations. A brief insight into origins of the Three Traditions Rationalists, or the Grotian Tradition Realists, or the Hobbesian Tradition Revolutionists, or the Kantian Tradition The Three Images of International Relations Realism Pluralism Globalism Conclusi...