The state and international relations / John M. Hobson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hobson, John M., author.

Series:

Themes in international relations.

Themes in international relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

International relations--Sociological aspects.

State, The.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The State & International Relations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, first published in 2000, provides students with an overview of the main theories of the state found in International Relations. Many International Relation scholars are proclaiming the state to be 'dead', while others lament the lack of an adequate theory of the state in International Relations. John Hobson seeks to resolve this confusion by introducing readers to state theory, arguing that existing theories of the state are limited, and proposing a framework based around the 'agent-structure' debate. The book surveys realist, liberal, Marxist, constructivist and neo-Weberian approaches to the state, and places each perspective's view of the state in relation to its theory of International Relations as a whole. It offers readers a unique introduction to state theory in International Relations, and will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology and politics, as well as International Relations.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 What's at stake in the 'second state debate'?: concepts and issues; 2 Realism; 3 Liberalism; 4 Marxism; 5 Constructivism; 6 Weberian historical sociology; Part 3 Conclusion: proposing a 'structurationist' theory of the 'constitutive' state and global politics; 7 Summarising and resolving the 'second state debate'; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-247) and index.

ISBN:

0-521-64391-0

0-511-61244-3

0-511-05192-1

0-511-15170-5

OCLC:

51209177