Realism and World Politics

ISBN-13: 9780415570589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 350 str.

Ken Booth

Opis

This text brings together a theoretically varied group of major scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. It begins by focusing explicitly on Waltz's key works on international politics, then addresses key Waltzian themes, and finally discusses Waltzian realism in relation to broad questions about the study of world politics.

Spis treści

Preface  1. Realism Redux: Contexts, Concepts, Contests Ken Booth  Part 1: Political Ideas in Waltzian Realism  2. Anarchy and Violence Interdependence Daniel Deudney  3. Bringing Realism to American Liberalism: Kenneth Waltz and the Process of Cold War Adjustment Michael Foley  4. Waltz, Realism and Democracy Michael C. Williams  Part 2: Challenges to Structural Realist Theory  5. Waltz’s Theory of Theory Ole Wæver  6. Structure? What Structure? Nicholas Onuf  7. ‘Big and important things in IR’: Structural Realism and the Neglect of Changes in Statehood Georg Sørensen  8. Reckless States and Realism John Mearsheimer  Part 3: Realist Theories and Human Nature  9. Structural Realism, Classical Realism and Human Nature Chris Brown  10. Human Nature and World Politics: Rethinking ‘Man’ Neta Crawford  11. Women, the State, and War Jean Bethke Elshtain  Part 4: War and Security, Causes and Consequences  12. Understanding Man, the State and War Hidemi Suganami  13. Lost in Transition: A Critical Analysis of Power Transition Theory Richard Ned Lebow and Benjamin Valentino  14. Hegemony, Equilibrium and Counterpower: A Synthetic Approach Cornelia Beyer  15. Nuclear Weapons in Waltz’s World: More Trust may be Better Nicholas J. Wheeler  Part 5: Continuity and Change in the International and in the World  16. How Hierarchical can International Society be? Ian Clark  17. Waltz and World History: the Paradox of Parsimony Barry Buzan and Richard Little  18. Human Interconnectedness Andrew Linklater  Part 6: Conclusion  19. International Politics: The Inconvenient Truth Ken Booth

O autorze

Ken Booth is Senior Research Associate in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK, where he was formerly E.H. Carr Professor and Head. He is editor of the journal International Relations and author/editor of over 20 books on International Relations and Security Studies. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.