Rethinking Realism in International Relations

Between Tradition and Innovation
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9286-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freyberg-Inan, Annette

Harrison, Ewan

James, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Table and Illustrations
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

Über Autor(innen)

James, Patrick
Patrick James is a professor with the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California, where he is also the director of the Center for International Studies. He is the author, coauthor, and coeditor of a number of books on international relations, including International Relations and Scientific Progress: Structural Realism Reconsidered and Who Intervenes? Ethnic Conflict and Interstate Crisis.

Harrison, Ewan
Ewan Harrison is an assistant dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St. Louis. He is the author of The Post Cold War International System: Strategies, Institutions, and Reflexivity and has published in Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, International Politics, International Affairs, and Journal of Peace Research.

Freyberg-Inan, Annette
Annette Freyberg-Inan is an associate professor of political science at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, and the author of What Moves Man: The Realist Theory of International Relations and Its Judgment of Human Nature.

Annette Freyberg-Inan is an associate professor of political science at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, and the author of What Moves Man: The Realist Theory of International Relations and Its Judgment of Human Nature. Ewan Harrison is an assistant dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St. Louis. He is the author of The Post Cold War International System: Strategies, Institutions, and Reflexivity and has published in Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, International Politics, International Affairs, and Journal of Peace Research. Patrick James is a professor with the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California, where he is also the director of the Center for International Studies. He is the author, coauthor, and coeditor of a number of books on international relations, including International Relations and Scientific Progress: Structural Realism Reconsidered and Who Intervenes? Ethnic Conflict and Interstate Crisis.