Theories of international politics and zombies

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Theories of international politics and zombies

Daniel W. Drezner

Princeton University Press, c2011

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-148) and index

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内容説明

What would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other international relations scholars have been too scared to ask. Addressing timely issues with analytical bite, Drezner looks at how well-known theories from international relations might be applied to a war with zombies. Exploring the plots of popular zombie films, songs, and books, "Theories of International Politics and Zombies" predicts realistic scenarios for the political stage in the face of a zombie threat and considers how valid - or how rotten - such scenarios might be. Drezner boldly lurches into the breach and 'stress tests' the ways that different approaches to world politics would explain policy responses to the living dead. He examines the most prominent international relations theories - including realism, liberalism, constructivism, neoconservatism, and bureaucratic politics - and decomposes their predictions. He digs into prominent zombie films and novels, such as Night of the Living Dead and World War Z, to see where essential theories hold up and where they would stumble and fall. Drezner argues that by thinking about outside-of-the-box threats we get a cognitive grip on what former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld famously referred to as the 'unknown unknowns' in international security. Correcting the zombie gap in international relations thinking and addressing the genuine but publicly unacknowledged fear of the dead rising from the grave, "Theories of International Politics and Zombies" presents political tactics and strategies accessible enough for any zombie to digest.

目次

Preface ix Introduction ... to the Undead 1 The Zombie Literature 11 Defining a Zombie 21 Distracting Debates about Flesh-eating Ghouls 23 The Realpolitik of the Living Dead 33 Regulating the Undead in a Liberal World Order 47 Neoconservatism and the Axis of Evil Dead 61 The Social Construction of Zombies 67 Domestic Politics: Are All Zombie Politics Local? 77 Bureaucratic Politics: The "Pulling and Hauling" of Zombies 87 We're Only Human: Psychological Responses to the Undead 99 Conclusion ... or So You Think 109 Acknowledgments 115 Notes 119 References 129 Index 149

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