TY - GEN AU - Brown, Chris TI - Understanding international relation SN - 9781137611710 U1 - 327 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Macmillan N1 - 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 -- ER -