Rethinking international relations theory
By: Martin Griffiths
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780230217799; 9780230217782
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Philosophy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; International relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
Description: "This innovative assessment of the current state of International Relations theory diagnoses a deep malaise in the field and proposes a reorientation from metatheoretical concerns to the theoretical exploration of central policy issues and dilemmas confronting the 21st century world."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Four Not-So-Great Debates; title: The End of International Relations?; title: IR Theory : Science or Ideology?; title: The Paradox of Global Liberalism; title: Resolving the Paradox? : Realism; title: Resolving the Paradox? : Cosmopolitanism; title: Middling, Meddling, Muddling : Three Via Medias; title: Outside, Looking In : Critical Interventions; title: Ambivalent Engagement : IR Theory and the (United) State(s).