After liberalism? : the future of liberalism in international relations / edited by Rebekka Friedman, University of Oxford, UK, Kevork Oskanian, University of Westminster, UK and Ramon Pachedo Pardo, Kings College London, UK.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedman, Rebekka.

Series:

Palgrave studies in international relations

Palgrave Studies in international relations series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Philosophy.

International relations.

Liberalism.

Physical Description:

xii, 311 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This edited collection addresses the state of liberalism in light of recent crises and shifts within the international system. As economic growth stagnates in the West, power is shifting away from liberalism's heartlands. Liberalism is under attack, both as explanatory theory and as normative prescription. Will liberalism be able to surmount the theoretical and real-world challenges it faces today? In this volume, leading 21st-century thinkers provide their perspectives on the continuing role of the liberal paradigm, both as a theoretical approach to international relations, and as an ordering principle of international politics. The contributors examine liberalism's ability to function in view of its internal contradictions and the increasing complexity of a globalized world. After Liberalism? Evaluates liberalism's future in view of the power shifts and political transformations in the international system and providing novel ways of thinking about liberalism's role, both in its practical workings and intellectual implications. The range of international contributors to this volume include Jonathan Caverley, Philip G. Cerny, Michael Cox, Louise Fawcett, G. John Ikenberry, Beate Jahn, Charles A. Kupchan, Margot Light, Cornelia Navari, Nicholas Rengger, Christian Reus-Smit, Nabarun Roy, Frank Schimmelfennig, Brian C. Schmidt, Peter Trubowitz and Ren Xiao. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Liberalism and International Relations Theory

1 Liberalism - In Theory and History / Beate Jahn Jahn, Beate 15

2 Liberalism, Democracy, and International Law - An English School Approach / Cornelia Navari Navari, Cornelia 33

3 Realism Tamed or Liberalism Betrayed? Dystopic Liberalism and the International Order / Nicholas Rengger Rengger, Nicholas 51

4 Rising Powers: A Realist Analysis / Brian C. Schmidt Schmidt, Brian C., Nabarun Roy Roy, Nabarun 67

Part II Liberalism and American Hegemony

5 The Liberal International Order and Its Discontents / G. John Ikenberry Ikenberry, G. John 91

6 Power and the Liberal Order / Michael Cox Cox, Michael 103

7 American Statecraft in an Era of Domestic Polarisation / Charles A. Kupchan Kupchan, Charles A., Peter L. Trubowitz Trubowitz, Peter L. 117

8 Neoconservatism, Neoclassical Realism, and the Narcissism of Small Differences / Jonathan D. Caverley Caverley, Jonathan D. 145

9 The Liberal International Order Reconsidered / Christian Reus-Smit Reus-Smit, Christian 167

Part III The Diffusion of Liberalism

10 The Paradox of Liberalism in a Globalising World / Philip G. Cerny Cerny, Philip G. 189

11 Debating China's Rise in China / Ren Xiao Xiao, Ren 215

12 The Export of Liberalism to Russia / Margot Light Light, Margot 236

13 Liberal Theory and European Integration / Frank Schimmelfennig Schimmelfennig, Frank 253

14 Beyond Liberalism? Reflections from the Middle East / Louise Fawcett Fawcett, Louise 270.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137303752

1137303751

OCLC:

834978629

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