1.Introduction.- 2.Realism.- 3.Liberalism.- 4.Postcolonialism.- 5.The English School.- 6.Marxism.- 7.Critical Theory.- 8.Feminism.- 9.Poststructuralism.- 10.Constructivism.- 11.Institutionalism.- 12.Green Politics.- 13.International Political Theory
Richard Devetak is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Jacqui True is Professor of Politics & International Relations at Monash University, Australia.
Scott Burchill is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Deakin University, Australia.
Andrew Linklater is Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK.
Jack Donnelly is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Political Science at University of Denver, USA.
Terry Nardin is Professor of Political Science at Yale-NUS College, Singapore.
Matthew Paterson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Christian Reus-Smit is Professor of International Relations in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Andrew Saramago is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Toni Haastrup is Senior Lecturer in International Politics in History, Heritage and Politics at the University of Stirling, UK.
Alina Sajed is Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science at McMaster University, Canada.
In this extensively revised edition of what has long been regarded as the very best text on IR Theory, leading experts offer us ways to make sense of international relations. In largely rewritten chapters, the full range of theories are presented from the historically-influential realism, liberalism and constructivism to postcolonialism and feminism. The result is an unparalleled insight into the main paradigms and the most cutting edge thought.
Uniquely, this text in its sixth edition offers a more global introduction to IR which showcases insights from across the world, and by employing an historical sociology perspective throughout, shows how any understanding of IR is historically- and geographically-contingent. Also new for this edition are chapters on postcolonialism and institutionalism, as well as chapters to better make sense of the discipline and the dynamics within and between theories. Boxed cases now feature in every chapter, to apply theory to contemporary empirical examples from gendered policy in the UN to ‘fake news’, from migration to the Amazon’s forest fires.
This text remains the definitive companion for all students of International Relations, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.