International Relations Theories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Relations Theories write by Timothy Dunne. This book was released on 2007. International Relations Theories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This cutting-edge textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to international relations theory. Arguing that theory is central to explaining the dynamics of world politics, it includes a wide variety of theoretical positions--from the historically dominant traditions to powerful critical voices since the 1980s. The editors have brought together a team of international contributors, each specializing in a different theory. The contributors explain the theoretical background to their positions before showing how and why their theories matter. The book opens up space for analysis and debate, allowing students to decide which theories they find most useful in explaining and understanding international relations.
Transformations of Security Studies
Transformations of Security Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transformations of Security Studies write by Gabi Schlag. This book was released on 2015-10-30. Transformations of Security Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume brings together a group of distinguished scholars to engage in a dialogue on key developments in the study of security. The book provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical, empirical and methodological developments within security studies, whose political and societal importance has grown significantly in recent years. By bringing together scholars who hold differing perspectives on security, this volume provides insights into a variety of approaches and their newest developments, including ‘mainstream’ as well as heterodox perspectives on security. Thus, it aims to build bridges of communication between different ‘camps’ by initiating a dialogue on the identity and diversity of security studies. It does so in three parts: The first part of the book includes paradigmatic approaches to security that are closely connected to major debates in International Relations such as realism, institutionalism, constructivism as well as approaches to the culture, ethics of security and critical security studies. The second part places emphasis on the broadening and deepening of the concept of security in recent decades. It discusses key empirical frontiers including the continued centrality of the state, the link between democracy and security, environmental security as well as financial security. The third part of the book presents various methodological approaches to the question of security and peace. It provides an overview of new approaches such as the visual turn, quantifying security and method combinations. This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, international relations and research methods.
The Dividing Discipline
The Dividing Discipline - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dividing Discipline write by Kalevi Jaakko Holsti. This book was released on 1985-01-01. The Dividing Discipline available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
International Relations and American Dominance
International Relations and American Dominance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Relations and American Dominance write by Helen Louise Turton. This book was released on 2015-11-19. International Relations and American Dominance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work seeks to explore the widely held assumption that the discipline of International Relations is dominated by American scholars, approaches and institutions. It proceeds by defining 'dominance' along Gramscian lines and then identifying different ways in which such dominance could be exerted: agenda-setting, theoretically, methodologically, institutionally, gate-keeping. Turton dedicates a chapter to each of these forms of dominance in which she sets out the arguments in the literature, discusses their theoretical implications, and tests for empirical support. The work argues that the self-image of IR as an American dominated discipline does not reflect the state of affairs once a detailed sociological analysis of the production of knowledge in the discipline is undertaken. Turton argues that the discipline is actually more plural than widely recognized, challenging widely held beliefs in International Relations and it taking a successful step towards unpacking the term 'dominance'. An insightful contribution to the field, this work will be of great interest to students and scholars alike.
Critical Imaginations in International Relations
Critical Imaginations in International Relations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Critical Imaginations in International Relations write by Aoileann Ní Mhurchú. This book was released on 2016-01-29. Critical Imaginations in International Relations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This exciting new text brings together in one volume an overview of the many reflections on how we might address the problems and limitations of a state-centred approach in the discipline of International Relations (IR). The book is structured into chapters on key concepts, with each providing an introduction to the concept for those new to the field of critical politics – including undergraduate and postgraduate students – as well as drawing connections between concepts and thinkers that will be provocative and illuminating for more established researchers in the field. They give an overview of core ideas associated with the concept; the critical potential of the concept; and key thinkers linked to the concept, seeking to address the following questions: How has the concept traditionally been understood? How has the concept come to be understood in critical thinking? How is the concept used in interrogating the limits of state centrism? What different possibilities for engaging with international relations have been envisioned through the concept? Why are such possibilities for alternative thinking about international relations important? What are some key articles and volumes related to the concept which readers can go for further research? Drawing together some of the key thinkers in the field of critical International Relations and including both established and emerging academics located in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America, this book is a key resource for students and scholars alike.
