Rethinking realism in international relations : between tradition and innovation
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Rethinking realism in international relations : between tradition and innovation
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-290) and index
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Description
This volume draws on the work of international scholars from diverse perspectives to provide a timely, focused debate on the future of realist theory in international relations. Part I presents novel contributions to realist theory building, including suggested elaborations of Mearsheimer's offensive realist variant, a reconsideration of the role of revisionism in structural realist theory, a bridge to the English School of international relations, and a critique of trends in realist theorizing since the end of the Cold War. In part II, structural and neoclassical realists provide empirical analyses of foreign policy behavior, the role of geopolitics, and the grand strategies of major powers. The chapters in part III assess the viability of the ways forward for realism from realist, critical, and feminist perspectives. This tightly integrated intellectual exchange presents a transnational overview of the evolution and potential future of the realist paradigm. The volume editors conclude with an assessment of the current state of realism and suggest ways for the debate to progress.
Table of Contents
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Preface
Introduction: What Way Forward for Contemporary Realism?
Part I: Theoretical Developments beyond Classical and Structural Realism
Chapter 1. Revisiting Realism and the Balance of Power
Chapter 2. Elaborating on Offensive Realism
Chapter 3. Realist Revisionism
Chapter 4. The Contradictions of Unipolarity
Part II: Making Realist Sense of Contemporary International Relations
Chapter 5. The Influence of Theory on Grand Strategy: The United States and a Rising China
Chapter 6. Neoclassical Realism and Foreign Policy Crises
Chapter 7. Past versus Present Geopolitics: Cautiously Opening the Realist Door to the Past
Part III: Reflections on the Nature and Merits of the Realist Paradigm
Chapter 8. Forward Is as Forward Does: Assessing Neoclassical Realism from a Traditions Perspective
Chapter 9. Feminism and Realism in International Relations
Chapter 10. Paradigm, Tradition, and the Politics of Realism
Conclusion: Ways Forward
References
Notes on Contributors
Index
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