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The Oxford handbook of international relations / edited by Christian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford handbooks of political science | Oxford handbooks of political sciencePublisher: Oxford University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2008Description: 772pages; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199585588
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JZ1242 OXF
Contents:
Part I. Introduction. 1. Between Utopia and reality: the practical discourses of international relations / Christian Reus-Smit & Duncan Snidal -- Part II. Imagining the discipline. 2. The state and international relations / David A. Lake -- 3. From international relations to global society / Michael Barnett & Kathryn Sikkink -- 4. The point is not just to explain the world but to change it / Robert W. Cox -- 5. A disabling discipline? / Phillip Darby -- Part III. Major theoretical perspectives. 6. Eclectic theorizing in the study and practice of international relations / Peter Katzenstein & Rudra Sil -- 7. Realism / William C. Wohlforth -- 8. The ethics of realism / Jack Donnelly -- 9. Marxism / Benno Teschke -- 10. The ethics of Marxism / Nicholas Rengger -- 11. Neoliberal institutionalism / Arthur A. Stein -- 12. The ethics of neoliberal institutionalism / James L. Richardson -- 13. The new liberalism / Andrew Moravcsik -- 14. The ethics of the new liberalism / Gerry Simpson -- 15. The English school / Tim Dunne -- 16. The ethics of the English school / Molly Cochran -- 17. Constructivism / Ian Hurd -- 18. The ethics of constructivism / Richard Price -- 19. Critical theory / Richard Shapcott -- 20. The ethics of critical theory / Robyn Eckersley -- 21. Postmodernism / Anthony Burke -- 22. The ethics of postmodernism / Peter Lawler -- 23. Feminism / Sandra Whitworth -- 24. The ethics of feminism / Jacqui True -- Part IV. The Question of Method. 25. Methodological Individualism and Rational Choice / Andrew H. Kydd -- 26. Sociological Approaches / Friedrich Kratochwil -- 27. Psychological Approaches / James Goldgeier and Philip Tetlock -- 28. Quantitative Approaches / Edward D. Mansfield and Jon C. Pevehouse -- 29. Case Study Methods / Andrew Bennett and Colin Elman -- 30. Historical Methods / Joel Quirk -- Part V. Bridging the Subfield Boundaries. 31. International Political Economy / John Ravenhill -- 32. Strategic Studies / Robert Ayson -- 33. Foreign Policy Decision-Making / Douglas T. Stuart -- 34. International Ethics / Terry Nardin -- 35. International Law / Michael Byers -- Part VI. The Scholar and the Policy-Maker. 36. Scholarship and Policy-Making: Who Speaks Truth to Whom? / Henry R. Nau -- 37. International Relations: The Relevance of Theory to Practice / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -- Part VII. The Question of Diversity. 38. International Relations from Below / David L. Blaney and Naeem Inayatullah -- 39. International Relations Theory from a Former Hegemon / Richard Little -- Part VIII. Old and New. 40. The Concept of Power and the (Un)Discipline of International Relations / Janice Bially Mattern -- 41. Locating Responsibility: The Problem of Moral Agency in International Relations / Toni Erskine -- 42. Big Questions in the Study of World Politics / Robert O. Keohane -- 43. The Failure of Static and the Need for Dynamic Approaches to International Relations / Richard Rosecrance -- 44. Six Wishes for a More Relevant Discipline of International Relations / Steve Smith
Summary: "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 of methods, addresses the relationship between scholarship and policy making, and examines the field's relation with cognate disciplines. The Handbook takes as its central themes the interaction between empirical and normative inquiry that permeates all theorizing in the field and the way in which contending approaches have shaped one another. In doing so, it provides an authoritative and critical introduction to the subject and establishes a sense of the field as a dynamic realm of argument and inquiry. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations will be essential reading for all of those interested in the advanced study of global politics and international affairs." -- Publisher description.
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Book Book Main Library Core Collection JZ1242 OXF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 153403 Available BK140608
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I. Introduction. 1. Between Utopia and reality: the practical discourses of international relations / Christian Reus-Smit & Duncan Snidal --
Part II. Imagining the discipline. 2. The state and international relations / David A. Lake --
3. From international relations to global society / Michael Barnett & Kathryn Sikkink --
4. The point is not just to explain the world but to change it / Robert W. Cox --
5. A disabling discipline? / Phillip Darby --
Part III. Major theoretical perspectives. 6. Eclectic theorizing in the study and practice of international relations / Peter Katzenstein & Rudra Sil --
7. Realism / William C. Wohlforth --
8. The ethics of realism / Jack Donnelly --
9. Marxism / Benno Teschke --
10. The ethics of Marxism / Nicholas Rengger --
11. Neoliberal institutionalism / Arthur A. Stein --
12. The ethics of neoliberal institutionalism / James L. Richardson --
13. The new liberalism / Andrew Moravcsik --
14. The ethics of the new liberalism / Gerry Simpson --
15. The English school / Tim Dunne --
16. The ethics of the English school / Molly Cochran --
17. Constructivism / Ian Hurd --
18. The ethics of constructivism / Richard Price --
19. Critical theory / Richard Shapcott --
20. The ethics of critical theory / Robyn Eckersley --
21. Postmodernism / Anthony Burke --
22. The ethics of postmodernism / Peter Lawler --
23. Feminism / Sandra Whitworth --
24. The ethics of feminism / Jacqui True --
Part IV. The Question of Method. 25. Methodological Individualism and Rational Choice / Andrew H. Kydd --
26. Sociological Approaches / Friedrich Kratochwil --
27. Psychological Approaches / James Goldgeier and Philip Tetlock --
28. Quantitative Approaches / Edward D. Mansfield and Jon C. Pevehouse --
29. Case Study Methods / Andrew Bennett and Colin Elman --
30. Historical Methods / Joel Quirk --
Part V. Bridging the Subfield Boundaries. 31. International Political Economy / John Ravenhill --
32. Strategic Studies / Robert Ayson --
33. Foreign Policy Decision-Making / Douglas T. Stuart --
34. International Ethics / Terry Nardin --
35. International Law / Michael Byers --
Part VI. The Scholar and the Policy-Maker. 36. Scholarship and Policy-Making: Who Speaks Truth to Whom? / Henry R. Nau --
37. International Relations: The Relevance of Theory to Practice / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. --
Part VII. The Question of Diversity. 38. International Relations from Below / David L. Blaney and Naeem Inayatullah --
39. International Relations Theory from a Former Hegemon / Richard Little --
Part VIII. Old and New. 40. The Concept of Power and the (Un)Discipline of International Relations / Janice Bially Mattern --
41. Locating Responsibility: The Problem of Moral Agency in International Relations / Toni Erskine --
42. Big Questions in the Study of World Politics / Robert O. Keohane --
43. The Failure of Static and the Need for Dynamic Approaches to International Relations / Richard Rosecrance --
44. Six Wishes for a More Relevant Discipline of International Relations / Steve Smith

"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 of methods, addresses the relationship between scholarship and policy making, and examines the field's relation with cognate disciplines. The Handbook takes as its central themes the interaction between empirical and normative inquiry that permeates all theorizing in the field and the way in which contending approaches have shaped one another. In doing so, it provides an authoritative and critical introduction to the subject and establishes a sense of the field as a dynamic realm of argument and inquiry. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations will be essential reading for all of those interested in the advanced study of global politics and international affairs." -- Publisher description.

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