Power and Progress: International Politics in Transition

ISBN-13: 9780415575720 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 316 str.

Jack Snyder

Opis

Jack L Snyder is a leading American International Relations scholar who has developed an international reputation for his research on IR theory and US Foreign policy.

This book draws together many of his essays to create a coherent volume that explores a liberal realist theory of international politics. It tackles the question of change in a heterogeneous, incompletely modern international system from a perspective that draws on realism in stressing pragmatism in tactics and on liberalism in defining the ultimate goals of change. The book features a new introduction that explains the general themes that unify the prescriptive articles on international justice, the marketplace of ideas, and democratization and is divided into three parts that explore:

• Anarchy and Its Effects
• The Challenges of Democratic Consolidation
• Empire and the Promotion of a Liberal Order

This fascinating and must-have collection will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, especially those interested in the debates on liberalism and realism, and comparative politics.

Recenzje

'The contribution of Power and progress: international politics in transition to the international relations scholarship is unquestionable. The book offers a well-developed toolkit for understanding, analyzing and predicting both the international and domestic political development in the contemporary 'hybrid' world order.' - Maja Ruzic, Researcher, International Issues & Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, 2012

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Anarchy and Its Effects  2. Chain Gangs and Passed Bucks with Thomas Christensen  3. Averting Anarchy in the New Europe  4. Civil War and the Security Dilemma with Robert Jervis  5. Anarchy and Culture  Part 2: The Challenges of Democratic Transition  6. Turbulent Transitions: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War with Edward Mansfield  7. Nationalism and the Marketplace of Ideas with Karen Ballentine  8. Democratization and Civil War, with Edward Mansfield  9. Russian Backwardness and the Future of Europe  Part 3: Empire and the Promotion of a Liberal Order  10. Myths of Empire and Strategies of Hegemony  11. Empire: A Blunt Tool for Democratization  12. Free Hand Abroad, Divide and Rule at Home with Robert Y. Shapiro and Yaeli Bloch-Elkon  13. Trials and Errors: Principles and Pragmatism in International Justice with Leslie Vinjamuri  14. Conclusion: Summarizing Prescriptions in Such Areas as Offshore Balancing, Democracy Promotion, and Human Rights

O autorze

Jack L. Snyder is the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations in the political science department and the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University.