Agency, Structure and International Politics: From Ontology to Empirical Enquiry (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Politics, 2)

The concepts of agency and structure are of increasing and defining importance to international relations and politics as fields of enquiry and knowledge. This is the first book to explore the two concepts in depth in that context. The agent-structure problem refers to questions concerning the interrelationship of agency and structure, and to the ways in which explanations of social phenomena integrate and account for them. This is an important contribution to the study of international relations and politics. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of illustrations......Page 7 Preface......Page 8 INTRODUCTION: AGENCY, STRUCTURE, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS EXPLANATION......Page 12 THE ONTOLOGICAL AGENT-STRUCTURE PROBLEM......Page 32 A CRITIQUE OF NEOREALISM AND ITS CRITICS......Page 56 THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL AGENT-STRUCTURE PROBLEM......Page 73 SOME THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALIST APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS......Page 94 TOWARD A THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS VALUES......Page 109 CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION OF VALUES UNDERLYING INTERNATIONAL POLITICS......Page 127 CONCLUSION......Page 141 Notes......Page 151 References......Page 166 Index......Page 176 This book is the first in depth study of the concepts of agency and structure in the context of international realtions and politics. It is an important contribution to the study of international relations and politics This book is the first in depth study of the concepts of agency and structure in the context of international relations and politics. It is an important contribution to the study of international relations and politics