The social evolution of international politics
Tang, ShipingAuthor
'The Social Evolution of International Politics' critically engages with all the key grand theories of international politics and provides interesting solutions to some of the 'great debates' between those theories, from realism and neoliberalism, to the English School and constructivism.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'The Social Evolution of International Politics' critically engages with all the key grand theories of international politics and provides interesting solutions to some of the 'great debates' between those theories, from realism and neoliberalism, to the English School and constructivism.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 26, 2013).
Part I. Preparing the ground. Introduction: why an evolutionary approach toward IR? -- 1. From biological evolution to social evolution -- Part II. The systematic transformation of international politics. 2. Paradise Lost and paradigm gained: the making of the offensive realism world -- 3. From Mearsheimer to Jervis -- 4. A more rule-based international system unfolding -- Part III. Implications and conclusion. 5. International politics as an evolutionary system.
Political science
Political sociology
Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences
Political Science
Law, Politics & Government
Political Science Theory