Classics of international relations : essays in criticism and appreciation / edited by Henrik Bliddal, Casper Sylvest and Peter Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bliddal, Henrik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Physical Description:

xi, 274 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Classics of International Relations introduces, contextualises and assesses 24 of the most important works on international relations of the last 100 years. Providing an indispensable guide for all students of IR theory, from advanced undergraduates to academic specialists, it asks why are these works considered classics? Is their status deserved? Will it endure? It takes as its starting point Norman Angell's best-selling The Great Illusion (1909) and concludes with Daniel Deudney's award-winning Bounding Power (2007). The volume does not ignore established classics such as Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations and Waltz's Theory of International Politics, but seeks to expand the IR canon beyond its core realist and liberal texts. It thus considers emerging classics such as Linklater's critical sociology of moral boundaries, Men and Citizens in the Theory of International Relations, and Enloe's pioneering gender analysis, Bananas, Beaches and Bases. It also innovatively considers certain 'alternative format' classics such as Kubrick's satire on the nuclear arms race, Dr Strangelove, and Errol Morris's powerful documentary on war and US foreign policy, The Fog of War. With an international cast of contributors, many of them leading authorities on their subject, Classics of International Relations will become a standard reference for all those wishing to make sense of a rapidly developing and diversifying field. Classics of International Relations is designed to become a standard reference text for advanced undergraduates, post-graduates and lecturers in the field of IR. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Henrik Bliddal Bliddal, Henrik, Casper Sylvest Sylvest, Casper, Peter Wilson Wilson, Peter 1

2 A pillar of air? Norman Angell and The Great Illusion / Torbjørn L. Knutsen Knutsen, Torbjørn L. 13

3 A democratic critique of the state: G. Lowes Dickinson's The European Anarchy / Jeanne Morefield Morefield, Jeanne 24

4 Attacking Hitler in England: patriarchy, class and war in Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas / Peter Wilson Wilson, Peter 36

5 Power, morality and the remaking of international order: E. H. Carr's The Twenty Years' Crisis / Peter Wilson Wilson, Peter 48

6 A new politics for a global age: David Mitrany's A Working Peace System / Lucian M. Ashworth Ashworth, Lucian M. 59

7 Politics between and beyond nations: Hans J. Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations / Nicolas Guilhot Guilhot, Nicolas 69

8 The enduring logic of the three images: Kenneth N. Waltz's Man, the State, and War / Brian C. Schmidt Schmidt, Brian C. 80

9 The conditions and consequences of globality: John H. Herz's International Politics in the Atomic Age / Casper Sylvest Sylvest, Casper 89

10 Realism meets historical sociology: Raymond Aron's Peace and War / Bryan-Paul Frost Frost, Bryan-Paul 99

11 Towards a liberal realism: Inis L. Claude's Power and International Relations / J. Samuel Barkin Barkin, J. Samuel 109

12 The joke's on you: International Relations and Stanley Kubrick's Dr. St range love / Henrik Bliddal Bliddal, Henrik 118

13 The virtue of uncertain advice: Robert Jervis' Perception and Misperception in International Politics / Shiping Tang Tang, Shiping 128

14 Probing the institutional fabric of world politics: Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society / Andrew Hurrell Hurrell, Andrew 138

15 A circumspect revival of liberalism: Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye's Power and Interdependence / Thomas C. Walker Walker, Thomas C. 148

16 The politics of international theory: reading Waltz 1979 as a classic / Anders Wivel Wivel, Anders 157

17 The cosmopolitan turn: beyond realism and statism in Charles R. Beitz's Political Theory and International Relations / William Smith Smith, William 167

18 Obligations beyond the state: Andrew Linklater's Men and Citizens in the Theory of International Relations / Richard Devetak Devetak, Richard, Juliette Gout Gout, Juliette 177

19 The making of IR/IPE: Robert W. Cox's Production, Power and World Order / Randall Germain Germain, Randall 187

20 Gendering geopolitics, gendering IR: Cynthia Enloe's Bananas, Beaches and Bases / Alexandra Hyde Hyde, Alexandra, Marsha Henry Henry, Marsha 197

21 The limits of international relations: R. B. J. Walker's Inside/outside: International Relations as Political Theory / Tom Lundborg Lundborg, Tom, Nick Vaughan-Williams Vaughan-Williams, Nick 208

22 The state has a mind: Alexander Wendt's Social Theory of International Politics / Alan Chong Chong, Alan 218

23 A modest realist in a tragic world: John J. Mearsheimer's The Tragedy of Great Power Politics / Brian C. Schmidt Schmidt, Brian C. 230

24 Interrogating the subject: Errol Morris's The Fog of War / Casper Sylvest Sylvest, Casper 240

25 Restraint in the global polity, the remix: Daniel Deudney's Bounding Power / Brent J. Steele Steele, Brent J. 250

26 Conclusion / Henrik Bliddal Bliddal, Henrik, Casper Sylvest Sylvest, Casper, Peter Wilson Wilson, Peter 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415699808

0415699800

9780415699815

0415699819

OCLC:

778425290