The Power of Power Politics: From Classical Realism to Neotraditionalism

ISBN-13: 9780521447461 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 470 str.

John A. Vasquez; Steve Smith; Thomas Biersteker

Opis

This book provides an intellectual history of international relations theory from 1919 to the present, examining the dominance of realist theories, and their limited ability to explain world politics accurately. The volume presents the original text of John Vasquez's classic 1983 volume, The Power of Power Politics, analyzing classical realism and quantitative international politics, plus six new chapters covering the most important intellectual currents relevant to the debate on realism. This book is a major contribution to debates over realism in international relations, of interest to students as well as scholars.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Classical Realism and Quantitative International Politics: 1. The role of paradigms in scientific enquiry: a conceptual framework and a set of principles for paradigm evaluation; 2. The role of the realist paradigm in the development of a scientific study of international relations; 3. Research design: defining and operationalizing the realist paradigm; 4. Theory construction as a paradigm-directed activity; 5. Data making as a paradigm-directed activity; 6. Research as a paradigm-directed activity; 7. Evaluation: the adequacy of the realist paradigm; 8. Theory and research in the 1970s: the emerging anomalies; Part II. Neorealism and Neotraditionalism: International Relations Theory at the Millennium: 9. Retrospective: neorealism and the power of power politics; 10. The promise and potential pitfalls of post-modernism: the need for theory reappraisal; 11. The realist paradigm as a degenerating research program: neotraditionalism and Waltz's balancing proposition; 12. Mearsheimer's multipolar myths and the false promise of realist policy prescriptions: the empirical inaccuracy of the realist paradigm; 13. Challenging the relevance and explanatory power of the realist paradigm: the debate on the end of the Cold War; 14. Conclusion: the continuing inadequacy of the realist paradigm.