Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1. CHƯƠNG 1: Introduction: Defining International Relations
1.1. Perspectives and theories
1.2. Conclusion
2. CHƯƠNG 2: The Development of International Relations Theory in the Twentieth Century
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Liberal internationalism and the origins of the discipline
2.3. The ‘realist’ critique of liberal internationalism
2.4. The post-war synthesis
2.5. International Relations and the behavioural sciences
2.6. Challenges to the realist synthesis
2.7. Pluralism and complex interdependence
3. CHƯƠNG 3: International Relations Theory Today
3.1. Introduction: rational choice theory and its critics
3.2. From realism to neorealism
3.3. From neorealism to neoliberalism
3.4. Constructivism and the ‘English School’
3.5. Critical, poststructuralist and ‘postmodern’ international thought
3.6. Conclusion
4. CHƯƠNG 4: The State and Foreign Policy
4.1. Introduction
4.2. The state and International Relations
4.3. Foreign and domestic policy: the ‘decision’ as focus
4.4. Conclusion: from foreign policy to power
5. CHƯƠNG 5: Power and Security
5.1. Introduction: statecraft, influence and power
5.2. Dimensions of power
5.3. Power, fear and insecurity
5.4. Conclusion: managing insecurity
6. CHƯƠNG 6: The Balance of Power and War
6.1. Introduction
6.2. The balance of power
6.3. The political conception of war
6.4. War in the twentieth century
6.5. Conclusion: the end of state-centric International Relations?
7. CHƯƠNG 7: Global Governance
7.1. Introduction: sovereignty, anarchy and global governance
7.2. Functionalism
7.3. Integration theory, federalism and neofunctionalism
7.4. Global economic institutions: Bretton Woods and after
7.5. International regimes and regime theory
7.6. Global governance and (collective) security
8. CHƯƠNG 8: The Global Economy
8.1. Introduction
8.2. The growth of the world economy
8.3. Problems and perspectives
8.4. Structuralism
8.5. The new global economy
8.6. The end of the South?
9. CHƯƠNG 9: Globalization
9.1. Introduction
9.2. A new economy?
9.3. Neoliberalism and its critics
9.4. New global problems – ‘Westfailure’?
9.5. Global civil society?
10. CHƯƠNG 10: The International Politics of Identity
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Politics in industrial societies
10.3. Identity politics post-1989
10.4. Globalization and postindustrial society
10.5. Democracy promotion, Asian values and the ‘clash of civilizations’
10.6. Pluralism and international society
10.7. Conclusion
11. CHƯƠNG 11: International Relations and the Individual: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law and Humanitarian War
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Universal human rights
11.3. Rights and international law
11.4. Humanitarian intervention
11.5. Conclusion
12. CHƯƠNG 12: US Hegemony and World Order
12.1. Introduction
12.2. An American century – again?
12.3. Ideology and US strategic doctrine
12.4. The significance of 9/11
12.5. The United States and Europe: Mars and Venus?
12.6. America, the war on terror and the non-Western world
12.7. Empire?
12.8. World order in the twenty-first century
Bibliography
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