Constructivism and international relations
Subtitle: Alexander Wendt and his critics
By: edited by Stefano Guzzini and Anna Leander.
Contributors: Guzzini, Stefano.; Leander, Anna.
Series: The new international relations
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Wendt, Alexander, 1966-; International relations -- Sociological aspects; International relations -- Philosophy
Description: This volume addresses both Alexander Wendt's social theory and international relations theory, exploring a variety of constructivist debates without reducing constructivism to one single position.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The constructivist challenge to structural realism : a review essay / Dale C. Copeland; title: Constructing a new orthodoxy? : Wendt's Social theory of international politics and the constructivist challenge / Friedrich Kratochwil; title: Grand theory in the age of its impossibility : contemplations on Alexander Wendt / Andreas Behnke; title: Wendt, IR and philosophy : a critique / Hidemi Suganami; title: Wendt's constructivism : a relentless quest for synthesis / Stefano Guzzini & Anna Leander; title: Constructivism and identity : a dangerous liaison / Maja Zehfuss; title: Endogenizing corporate identities : the next step in constructivist IR theory / Lars-Erik Cederman & Christopher Daase; title: Reflexivity and structural change / Petr Drulák; title: No place for politics? : truth, progress and the neglected role of diplomacy in Wendt's theory of history / Katalin Sárváry; title: Social theory as Cartesian science : an auto-critique from a quantum perspective / Alexander Wendt.