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About this Book | |
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Guide to Learning Features | |
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Guide to the Online Resource Centre | |
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Political Map of the World, April 2008 | |
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Studying IR | |
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Why Study IR? | |
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International Relations in Everyday Life | |
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Brief Historical Sketch of the State System | |
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The Global State System and the World Economy | |
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IR and the Changing Contemporary World of States | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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IR as an Academic Subject | |
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Introduction | |
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Utopian Liberalism: The Early Study of IR | |
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Realism and the Twenty Years' Crisis | |
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The Voice of Behaviouralism in IR | |
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Neoliberalism: Institutions and Interdependence | |
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Neorealism: Bipolarity and Confrontation | |
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International Society: The English School | |
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International Political Economy (IPE) | |
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Dissident Voices: Alternative Approaches to IR | |
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Which Theory? | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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Classical Theories | |
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Realism | |
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Introduction: Elements of Realism | |
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Classical Realism | |
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Thucydides | |
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Machiavelli | |
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Hobbes and the Security Dilemma | |
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Morgenthau and Classical Realism | |
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Schelling and Strategic Realism | |
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Waltz and Neorealism | |
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Mearsheimer, Stability Theory, and Hegemony | |
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Neoclassical Realism | |
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Rethinking the Balance of Power | |
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Two Critiques of Realism | |
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Research Prospects and Programme | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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Liberalism | |
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Introduction: Basic Liberal Assumptions | |
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Sociological Liberalism | |
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Interdependence Liberalism | |
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Institutional Liberalism | |
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Republican Liberalism | |
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Neorealist Critiques of Liberalism | |
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The Retreat to Weak Liberalism | |
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The Counter-attack of Strong Liberalism | |
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Liberalism and World Order | |
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Liberalism: The Current Research Agenda | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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International Society | |
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Basic International Society Approach | |
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The Three Traditions | |
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Order and Justice | |
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Empire and World Society | |
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Statecraft and Responsibility | |
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National Responsibility | |
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International Responsibility | |
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Humanitarian Responsibility | |
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Humanitarian Responsibility and War | |
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Critiques of International Society | |
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The Current Research Agenda | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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International Political Economy: Classical Theories | |
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Introduction: What is IPE? | |
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Mercantilism | |
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Economic Liberalism | |
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Marxism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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Contemporary Approaches and Debates | |
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International Political Economy: Contemporary Debates | |
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The Relationship between Politics and Economics: The Debate on US Hegemonic Stability | |
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Development and Underdevelopment in the Developing World | |
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Economic Globalization and a Changing Role for States | |
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Recent Theoretical Developments in IPE | |
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Conclusion: The Future of IPE | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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Social Constructivism | |
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Introduction | |
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The Rise of Constructivism in IR | |
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Constructivism as Social Theory | |
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Constructivist Theories of International Relations | |
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Cultures of Anarchy | |
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Norms of International Society | |
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The Power of International Organizations | |
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A Constructivist Approach to European Cooperation | |
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Domestic Formation of Identity and Norms | |
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Critiques of Constructivism | |
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The Constructivist Research Programme | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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Post-positivism in IR | |
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Introduction | |
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Post-structuralism in IR | |
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Post-colonialism in IR | |
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Feminism in IR | |
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Critique of Post-positivist Approaches | |
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The Post-positivist Research Programme | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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Foreign Policy | |
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The Concept of Foreign Policy | |
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Foreign Policy Analysis | |
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How to Study Foreign Policy: A Level-of-Analysis Approach | |
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The Systemic Level | |
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The Level of the Nation-state | |
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The Level of the Individual Decision Maker | |
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Going to War in the Persian Gulf: A Case-study | |
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A Note on Experts and 'Think Tanks' | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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Policy and Issues | |
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Key Issues in Contemporary IR | |
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Introduction | |
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International Terrorism | |
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Religion in IR: A Clash of Civilizations? | |
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The Environment | |
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New Patterns of War and Peace: Changes in Statehood | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Points | |
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Questions | |
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Guide to Further Reading | |
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Web Links | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |