Creating International Studies: Angell, Mitrany and the Liberal Tradition

ISBN-13: 9781138277403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 208 str.

Lucian M. Ashworth

Opis

Using the words of Norman Angell and David Mitrany, this book explores the liberal roots of international relations and argues that there was no Realist-Idealist 'Great Debate'.

Recenzje

’Ashworth’s rich and varied discussion provides an intriguing revisionist history of international relations theory...important reading for all those interested in the development of liberal internationalism in the twentieth century.’ David Long, Carleton University, Canada ’...provides a vivid historical analysis of the search for peace in the beginning of the previous century.’ Millennium: Journal of International Studies ’...offers fresh insights into the idealist-materialist debate over the causes of war...[an] admirably clear argument for the liberal genesis of modern international studies...’ The International History Review

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction: Liberalism and the emergence of IR; Precursors to Angell and Mitrany: nineteenth century liberal roads to peace; The international thought of Norman Angell: from the great illusion to the public mind; Mitrany and the emergence of the functional approach; The inter-war Realist-Idealist great debate: real or imagined?; Angell and Mitrany in retrospect: perpetual peace and the problems of reason; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Lucian M. Ashworth