Power, realism and constructivism

Introduction 1. - Part I: Power . - 1. Structural Power: The Limits of Neorealist Power Analysis 15. - 2. The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory 47. - 3. From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique 61. - 4. Niklas Luhmann's co...

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1. Verfasser: Guzzini, Stefano (VerfasserIn)
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Veröffentlicht: London u.a. Routledge 2013
Schriftenreihe:The new international relations
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction 1. - Part I: Power . - 1. Structural Power: The Limits of Neorealist Power Analysis 15. - 2. The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory 47. - 3. From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique 61. - 4. Niklas Luhmann's conceptualisation of power 77. - 5. Pierre Bourdieu's field analysis of relational capital, misrecognition and domination 93 . - Part II: Realism . - 6. The enduring dilemmas of realism in International Relations 109. - 7. The Different Worlds of Realism in International Relations 136. - 8. Foreign Policy without diplomacy: the Bush administration at a crossroads 146. - 9. Robert Gilpin: A Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power 152. - 10. Strange's oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent 175. - Part III: Constructivism. - 11. A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations 189. - 12. The concept of power: a constructivist analysis 217. - 13. 'The Cold War is what we make of it':
"Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzini's reference articles and some less well known publications on power, realism and constructivism. By analysing theories and their assumptions, but also theorists following their intellectual paths, his analysis explores the diversity of different schools and moves beyond simple definitions to explore their intrinsic tensions and fallacies. Guzzini's approach to the analysis of power - both within and outside International Relations - provides the common theme of the book through which the theoretical state of the art in IR is re-assessed"--
"Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzini's reference articles and some less well known publications on power, realism and constructivism. By analysing theories and their assumptions, but also theorists following their intellectual paths, his analysis explores the diversity of different schools and moves beyond simple definitions to explore their intrinsic tensions and fallacies. Guzzini's approach to the analysis of power - both within and outside International Relations - provides the common theme of the book through which the theoretical state of the art in IR is re-assessed"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XVI, 341 S.
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24 cm
ISBN:9780415663045
978-0-415-66304-5
0415640466
0-415-64046-6
9780415640466
978-0-415-64046-6
9780203071748
978-0-203-07174-8