The Oxford Handbook of International Relations (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of International Relations offers the most authoritative and comprehensive overview to date of the field of international relations. Arguably the most impressive collection of international relations scholars ever brought together within one volume, the Handbook debates the nature of the field itself, critically engages with the major theories, surveys a wide spectrum of methods, addresses the relationship between scholarship and policy making, and examines the field's relation with cognate disciplines. The Handbook takes as its central themes the interaction between empirical and normative inquiry that permeates all theorizing in the field and the way in which contending approaches have shaped one another. In doing so, the Handbook provides an authoritative and critical introduction to the subject and establishes a sense of the field as a dynamic realm of argument and inquiry. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations will be essential reading for all of those interested in the advanced study of global politics and international affairs. This Oxford Handbook Assembles The World's Leading Scholars In International Relations To Present Diverse Perspectives About Purposes, Questions, Theories, And Methods. It Will Become The First Point Of Reference For Scholars And Students Interested In These Key Issues. Pt. I. Introduction. Between Utopia And Reality: The Practical Discourses Of International Relations / Christian Reus-smit & Duncan Snidal -- Pt. Ii. Imagining The Discipline. The State And International Relations / David A. Lake ; From International Relations To Global Society / Michael Barnett & Kathryn Sikkink ; The Point Is Not Just To Explain The World But To Change It / Robert W. Cox ; A Disabling Discipline? / Phillip Darby -- Pt. Iii. Major Theoretical Perspectives. Eclectic Theorizing In The Study And Practice Of International Relations / Peter Katzenstein & Rudra Sil ; Realism / William C. Wohlforth ; The Ethics Of Realism / Jack Donnelly ; Marxism / Benno Teschke ; The Ethics Of Marxism / Nicholas Rengger ; Neoliberal Institutionalism / Arthur A. Stein ; The Ethics Of Neoliberal Institutionalism / James L. Richardson ; The New Liberalism / Andrew Moravcsik ; The Ethics Of The New Liberalism / Gerry Simpson ; The English School / Tim Dunne ; The Ethics Of The English School / Molly Cochran ; Constructivism / Ian Hurd ; The Ethics Of Constructivism / Richard Price ; Critical Theory / Richard Shapcott ; The Ethics Of Critical Theory / Robyn Eckersley ; Postmodernism / Anthony Burke ; The Ethics Of Postmodernism / Peter Lawler ; Feminism / Sandra Whitworth ; The Ethics Of Feminism / Jacqui True -- Pt. Iv. The Question Of Method. Methodological Individualism And Rational Choice / Andrew H. Kydd ; Sociological Approaches / Friedrich Kratochwil ; Psychological Approaches / James Goldgeier & Philip Tetlock ; Quantitative Approaches / Edward D. Mansfield & Jon C. Pevehouse ; Case Study Methods / Andrew Bennett & Colin Elman ; Historical Methods / Joel Quirk -- Pt. V. Bridging The Subfield Boundaries. International Political Economy / John Ravenhill ; Strategic Studies / Robert Ayson ; Foreign-policy Decision-making / Douglas T. Stuart ; International Ethics / Terry Nardin ; International Law / Michael Byers -- Pt. Vi. The Scholar And The Policy-maker. Scholarship And Policy-making: Who Speaks Truth To Whom? / Henry R. Nau ; International Relations: The Relevance Of Theory To Practice / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -- Pt. Vii. The Question Of Diversity. International Relations From Below / David L. Blaney & Naeem Inayatullah ; International Relations Theory From A Former Hegemon / Richard Little -- Pt. Viii. Old And New. The Concept Of Power And The (un)discipline Of International Relations / Janice Bially Mattern ; Locating Responsibility: The Problem Of Moral Agency In International Relations / Toni Erskine ; Big Questions In The Study Of World Politics / Robert O. Keohane ; The Failure Of Static And The Need For Dynamic Approaches To International Relations / Richard Rosecrance ; Six Wishes For A More Relevant Discipline Of International Relations / Steve Smith. Edited By Christian Reus-smit And Duncan Snidal. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Cover Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: BETWEEN UTOPIA AND REALITY: THE PRACTICAL DISCOURSES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PART II: IMAGINING THE DISCIPLINE CHAPTER 2: THE STATE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 3: FROM INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TO GLOBAL SOCIETY CHAPTER 4: THE POINT IS NOT JUST TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD BUT TO CHANGE IT CHAPTER 5: A DISABLING DISCIPLINE? PART III: MAJOR THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES CHAPTER 6: ECLECTIC THEORIZING IN THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 7: REALISM CHAPTER 8: THE ETHICS OF REALISM CHAPTER 9: MARXISM CHAPTER 10: THE ETHICS OF MARXISM CHAPTER 11: NEOLIBERAL INSTITUTIONALISM CHAPTER 12: THE ETHICS OF NEOLIBERAL INSTITUTIONALISM CHAPTER 13: THE NEW LIBERALISM CHAPTER 14: THE ETHICS OF THE NEW LIBERALISM CHAPTER 15: THE ENGLISH SCHOOL CHAPTER 16: THE ETHICS OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL CHAPTER 17: CONSTRUCTIVISM CHAPTER 18: THE ETHICS OF CONSTRUCTIVISM CHAPTER 19: CRITICAL THEORY CHAPTER 20: THE ETHICS OF CRITICAL THEORY CHAPTER 21: POSTMODERNISM CHAPTER 22: THE ETHICS OF POSTMODERNISM CHAPTER 23: FEMINISM CHAPTER 24: THE ETHICS OF FEMINISM PART IV: THE QUESTION OF METHOD CHAPTER 25: METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM AND RATIONAL CHOICE CHAPTER 26: SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES CHAPTER 27: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES CHAPTER 28: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES CHAPTER 29: CASE STUDY METHODS CHAPTER 30: HISTORICAL METHODS PART V: BRIDGING THE SUBFIELD BOUNDARIES CHAPTER 31: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY CHAPTER 32: STRATEGIC STUDIES CHAPTER 33: FOREIGN-POLICY DECISION-MAKING CHAPTER 34: INTERNATIONAL ETHICS CHAPTER 35: INTERNATIONAL LAW PART VI: THE SCHOLAR AND THE POLICY-MAKER CHAPTER 36: SCHOLARSHIP AND POLICY-MAKING: WHO SPEAKS TRUTH TO WHOM? CHAPTER 37: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE RELEVANCE OF THEORY TO PRACTICE PART VII: THE QUESTION OF DIVERSITY CHAPTER 38: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FROM BELOW CHAPTER 39: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY FROM A FORMER HEGEMON PART VIII: OLD AND NEW CHAPTER 40: THE CONCEPT OF POWER AND THE (UN)DISCIPLINE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 41: LOCATING RESPONSIBILITY: THE PROBLEM OF MORAL AGENCY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 42: BIG QUESTIONS IN THE STUDY OF WORLD POLITICS CHAPTER 43: THE FAILURE OF STATIC AND THE NEED FOR DYNAMIC APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 44: SIX WISHES FOR A MORE RELEVANT DISCIPLINE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS NAME INDEX SUBJECT INDEX "The Oxford Handbook of International Relations offers the most authoritative and comprehensive overview to date of the field of international relations. Arguably the most impressive collection of international relations scholars ever brought together within one volume, the Handbook debates the nature of the field itself, critically engages with the major theories, surveys a wide spectrum of methods, addresses the relationship between scholarship and policy making, and examines the field's relation with cognate disciplines. The Handbook takes as its central themes the interaction between empirical and normative inquiry that permeates all theorizing in the field and the way in which contending approaches have shaped one another. In doing so, it provides an authoritative and critical introduction to the subject and establishes a sense of the field as a dynamic realm of argument and inquiry. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations will be essential reading for all of those interested in the advanced study of global politics and international affairs."--Publisher description