Understanding international relation /
Brown, Chris
Understanding international relation / Chris Brown, - 5th ed. - London: Macmillan, 2019. - xi, 308 p. HB
The development of international relations theory in the twentieth century : Introduction --
Liberal internationalism and the origins of the discipline --
The "realist" critique of liberal internationalism --
the postwar synthesis --
IR and the behavioural sciences --
Challenges to the realist synthesis --
Pluralism and complex interdependence --
Further reading. 3 International relations theory today : Introduction --
From classical realism to structural realism --
From structural realism to liberal institutionalism --
Constructivism and the "English School" --
Critical international thought --
Feminist theory, gender studies and postcolonialsm --
Conclusion: the end of IR theory? --
Further reading. 4 Agency, structure and the state : Introduction --
The agent-structure problem and levels of analysis --
The state and international relations --
Foreign and domestic policy: agency within the state --
Conclusion: from foreign policy to power --
Further reading. 5 Power and security : Introduction: statecraft, influence and power --
Dimensions of power --
Power, fear and insecurity --
Conclusion: managing insecurity --
Further reading. 6 The balance of power and war : Introduction --
The balance of power --
The political conception of war --
War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries --
Conclusion: the end of state-centric IR? --
Further reading. 7 Global governance : Introduction: sovereignty, anarchy and global governance --
Functionalism --
Integration theory, federalism and neofunctionalism --
Global economic institutions: Bretton Woods and after --
International regimes and regime theory --
Global governance and (collective) security --
Conclusion --
Further reading. 8 The global economy : Introduction --
The growth of the world economy --
Problems and perspectives --
Structuralism --
The new global economy --
The end of the Global South? --
Conclusion --
Further reading. 9 Globalization : Introduction --
A new economy? --
Neoliberalism and its critics --
new global problems: "Westfailure" and the environment --
Global civil society? --
Further reading. 10 The international politics of identity : Introduction --
Politics in industrial societies --
Identity politics post-1989 --
Globalization and postindustrial society --
Democracy promotion, Asian values and the "clash of civilizations" --
Pluralism and international society --
Conclusion --
Further reading. 11 The individual and international relations : Introduction --
Human rights --
International criminal law --
The juridification of world politics? --
Humanitarian intervention --
Sovereignty as responsibility and the responsibility to protect --
Conclusion --
Further reading. 12 International (dis)order today : Introduction --
The central system --
The rise of "populism" --
Terrorism and the Islamic State --
Reasons to be cheerful --
Conclusion --
Further reading. Bibliography --
9781137611710
327 / BRO/U
Understanding international relation / Chris Brown, - 5th ed. - London: Macmillan, 2019. - xi, 308 p. HB
The development of international relations theory in the twentieth century : Introduction --
Liberal internationalism and the origins of the discipline --
The "realist" critique of liberal internationalism --
the postwar synthesis --
IR and the behavioural sciences --
Challenges to the realist synthesis --
Pluralism and complex interdependence --
Further reading. 3 International relations theory today : Introduction --
From classical realism to structural realism --
From structural realism to liberal institutionalism --
Constructivism and the "English School" --
Critical international thought --
Feminist theory, gender studies and postcolonialsm --
Conclusion: the end of IR theory? --
Further reading. 4 Agency, structure and the state : Introduction --
The agent-structure problem and levels of analysis --
The state and international relations --
Foreign and domestic policy: agency within the state --
Conclusion: from foreign policy to power --
Further reading. 5 Power and security : Introduction: statecraft, influence and power --
Dimensions of power --
Power, fear and insecurity --
Conclusion: managing insecurity --
Further reading. 6 The balance of power and war : Introduction --
The balance of power --
The political conception of war --
War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries --
Conclusion: the end of state-centric IR? --
Further reading. 7 Global governance : Introduction: sovereignty, anarchy and global governance --
Functionalism --
Integration theory, federalism and neofunctionalism --
Global economic institutions: Bretton Woods and after --
International regimes and regime theory --
Global governance and (collective) security --
Conclusion --
Further reading. 8 The global economy : Introduction --
The growth of the world economy --
Problems and perspectives --
Structuralism --
The new global economy --
The end of the Global South? --
Conclusion --
Further reading. 9 Globalization : Introduction --
A new economy? --
Neoliberalism and its critics --
new global problems: "Westfailure" and the environment --
Global civil society? --
Further reading. 10 The international politics of identity : Introduction --
Politics in industrial societies --
Identity politics post-1989 --
Globalization and postindustrial society --
Democracy promotion, Asian values and the "clash of civilizations" --
Pluralism and international society --
Conclusion --
Further reading. 11 The individual and international relations : Introduction --
Human rights --
International criminal law --
The juridification of world politics? --
Humanitarian intervention --
Sovereignty as responsibility and the responsibility to protect --
Conclusion --
Further reading. 12 International (dis)order today : Introduction --
The central system --
The rise of "populism" --
Terrorism and the Islamic State --
Reasons to be cheerful --
Conclusion --
Further reading. Bibliography --
9781137611710
327 / BRO/U