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Understanding international relation / Chris Brown,

By: Brown, Chris Publication details: London: Macmillan, 2019Edition: 5th edDescription: xi, 308 p. HBISBN: 9781137611710DDC classification: 327

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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 --

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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 --

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