An Introduction to International Relations Theory
An Introduction to International Relations Theory

Author: Jill Steans

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 1317862996

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This long-awaited new edition has been fully updated and revised by the original authors as well as two new members of the author team. Based on many years of active research and teaching it takes the discipline's most difficult aspects and makes them accessible and interesting. Each chapter builds up an understanding of the different ways of looking at the world. The clarity of presentation allows students to rapidly develop a theoretical framework and to apply this knowledge widely as a way of understanding both more advanced theoretical texts and events in world politics. Suitable for first and second year undergraduates studying international relations and international relations theory.

Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to International Relations

Author: Joyce P. Kaufman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2013-04-04

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1442221208

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How do we understand international relations in a globalized world? This clear and concise text takes as its starting point the theoretical frameworks that are the foundation of current IR. Joyce P. Kaufman explains and contextualizes the traditional theories, highlighting both their strengths and weaknesses. Her levels-of-analysis approach provides students with the basic tools for a more inclusive understanding of international politics by not forcing them to choose between competing theories. Instead, in a refreshing alternative to most of the current introductory-level texts, the book allows readers to view the globe as a complex place of multiple actors facing multiple issues. It concludes with cases of current events that will help students apply theories to real-world issues.

International Relations Theory
International Relations Theory

Author: Knud Erik Jørgensen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-30

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1137604476

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This is a major new edition of a highly-regarded textbook on International Relations theory which combines deep analysis into the diversity of thought within the major scholarly traditions and the guidance for students on doing their own theorising. Knud Erik Jorgensen analyses the nuances of the main contending theories and approaches, their philosophical underpinnings, and explains their use and relevance to different research agendas. This is all placed within the context of cross-cutting coverage of key current issues and debates; of the philosophical foundations of IR theory; and of why different theories are addressed to different research agendas. All chapters have been fully revised and updated, and a new chapter on the Human-Nature tradition has been included to reflect the changes within the field. This text is the most up-to-date and informative text on International Relations theory, and is an essential companion for all International Relations students.

An Introduction to International Relations
An Introduction to International Relations

Author: Richard Devetak

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-10-17

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 1139505602

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Invaluable to students and those approaching the subject for the first time, An Introduction to International Relations, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to international relations, its traditions and its changing nature in an era of globalisation. Thoroughly revised and updated, it features chapters written by a range of experts from around the world. It presents a global perspective on the theories, history, developments and debates that shape this dynamic discipline and contemporary world politics. Now in full-colour and accompanied by a password-protected companion website featuring additional chapters and case studies, this is the indispensable guide to the study of international relations.

International Relations Theories
International Relations Theories

Author: Timothy Dunne

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0199298335

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This cutting-edge textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to international relations theory. Arguing that theory is central to explaining the dynamics of world politics, it includes a wide variety of theoretical positions--from the historically dominant traditions to powerful critical voices since the 1980s. The editors have brought together a team of international contributors, each specializing in a different theory. The contributors explain the theoretical background to their positions before showing how and why their theories matter. The book opens up space for analysis and debate, allowing students to decide which theories they find most useful in explaining and understanding international relations.

Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to International Relations

Author: Robert H. Jackson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 019870755X

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This edition provides a systematic introduction to the principle theories in international relations. It focuses on the main theoretical traditions - realism, liberalism, international society, and theories of international political economy. It also includes two chapters on social constructivism and foreign policy.

International Relations Theory
International Relations Theory

Author: Cynthia Weber

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0415778190

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Introducing students to the main theories in international relations, this textbook also deconstructs each theory, allowing students to engage critically with the assumptions and myths that underpin them.

Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to International Relations

Author: Georg Sørensen

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 0198862202

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Comprehensive coverage of all major classical and contemporary theories and approaches, the text focuses on the connections between theory and current issues in international relations.

The Invention of International Relations Theory
The Invention of International Relations Theory

Author: Nicolas Guilhot

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0231152671

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The 1954 Conference on Theory, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, featured a 'who's who' of scholars and practitioners debating what would become the foundations of international relations theory. Assembling his own team of experts, the editor revisits a seminal event in the discipline.

History of International Relations Theory
History of International Relations Theory

Author: Torbjorn L. Knutsen

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1997-06-15

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780719049309

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Torbjorn L. Knutsen introduces ideas on international relations expressed by thinkers from the High Middle Ages to the present day and traces the development of four ever-present themes: war, peace, wealth and power. The book counters the view that international relations has no theoretical tradition and shows that scholars, soldiers and statesmen have been speculating about the subject for the last 700 years. Beginning with the roots of the state and the concept of sovereignty in the Middle Ages, the author draws upon the insights of outstanding political thinkers - from Machiavelli and Hobbes to Hegel, Rousseau, and Marx and contemporary thinkers such as Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Morgenthau and Walt - who profoundly influenced the emergence of a discrete discipline of International Relations in the twentieth century. Fully revised and updated, the final section embraces more recent approaches to the study of international relations, most notably postmodernism and ecologism.