Scientific Realism and International Relations [electronic resource] /
Joseph, J.editor.
Wight, C.editor.
Critical and scientific realism have emerged as important perspectives on international relations in recent years. The attraction of these approaches lies in the claim that they can transcend the positivism vs postpositivism divide. This book demonstrates the vitality of this approach and the difference that 'realism' makes.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Scientific Realism and International Relations; 2 Reductionism, Emergence and Explanation in International Relations Theory; 3 The International as Emergent: Challenging Old and New Orthodoxies in International Relations Theory; 4 State Theory in International Relations: Why Realism Matters; 5 Inside the American State: Reconciling Structural and Interpretive Analyses within a Critical Realist Perspective; 6 What is Realism in International Law and Human Rights?
7 Is It Real? The Question of Juridical, Actual and Causal Responsibility in Sovereign Debt Settlements8 Critical Realism and the Analysis of Democratisation: Does Philosophy of Science Matter?; 9 Exploring Possible, Likely and Desirable Global Futures: Beyond the Closed vs Open Systems Dichotomy; 10 Critical Realism, International Relations Theory and Marxism; 11 World Market, World State, World Society: Marxian Insights and Scientific Realist Interrogations; 12 Realism. For Real this Time: Scientific Realism is not a Compromise between Positivism and Interpretivism; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-250) and index.
Critical and scientific realism have emerged as important perspectives on international relations in recent years. The attraction of these approaches lies in the claim that they can transcend the positivism vs postpositivism divide. This book demonstrates the vitality of this approach and the difference that 'realism' makes.
International relations.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Political science.
World politics.
Globalization.
International Relations.
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Political Philosophy.
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Globalization.