Table Of Contents:
Preface xiii

1 Theory, Images, and International Relations: An Introduction 1(54)

What Is Theory? 3(2)

Alternative Images 5(8)

Realism--Major Actors and Assumptions 6(1)

Pluralism--Major Actors and Assumptions 7(2)

Globalism--Major Actors and Assumptions 9(2)

Images of International Relations: Some Qualifications 11(2)

The Levels of Analysis 13(3)

Scientific Understanding 16(5)

Positivism 16(2)

Interpretive Understanding, Critical Theory, and a Postmodernist Critique of International Relations Theory 18(2)

Feminism and International Relations Theory 20(1)

Summation 21(1)

Notes 22(2)

Selections for Further Reading and Reference 24(5)

SELECTED READINGS 29(26)

Thinking Theory Thoroughly 29(9)

James N. Rosenau

Positivism and Beyond 38(17)

Steve Smith

2 Realism: The State, Power, and the Balance of Power 55(144)

Major Actors and Assumptions: A Summary 55(2)

Intellectual Precursors and Influences 57(7)

Thucydides 57(2)

Machiavelli 59(1)

Hobbes 60(1)

Grotius 61(1)

Clausewitz 62(1)

Carr 62(2)

Power 64(2)

Definitions 64(1)

Measurement 65(1)

System 66(10)

System as Interactions 67(1)

System as Anarchy and the Distribution of Capabilities 68(6)

Balance of Power and System Stability 74(2)

Interdependence 76(3)

Interdependence and Vulnerability 76(1)

Interdependence and Economics 77(1)

Interdependence, Peace, and Hegemony 78(1)

Change 79(3)

Realists and Their Critics: An Overview 82(6)

Realism: The Term Itself 82(1)

The System and Determinism 83(1)

Realists and the State 84(1)

Realists and the Balance of Power 85(1)

Realism and Change 86(1)

Realism: The Entire Enterprise 87(1)

Notes 88(6)

Selections for Further Reading and Reference 94(6)

SELECTED READINGS 100(99)

The Melian Dialogue 100(5)

Thucydides

On Princes and the Security of Their States 105(3)

Machiavelli

Of the Natural Condition of Mankind 108(3)

Thomas Hobbes

The State of War: Confederation as Means to Peace in Europe 111(16)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Does Order Exist in World Politics? 127(3)

Hedley Bull

Explaining War 130(15)

Kenneth N. Waltz

War and Change in World Politics 145(8)

Robert Gilpin

Theory of World Politics: Structural Realism and Beyond 153(31)

Robert O. Keohane

The Accomplishments of International Political Economy 184(15)

Stephen Krasner

3 Pluralism: Decision Making, Transnationalism, and Interdependence 199(142)

Major Actors and Assumptions: A Summary 199(1)

Intellectual Precursors and Influences 200(5)

Liberalism 201(2)

Interest Group Liberalism 203(2)

Decision Making 205(5)

The Individual and Small Groups 206(3)

Organizational Process and Bureaucratic Politics 209(1)

Transnationalism 210(9)

Modernization 211(1)

Integration 212(3)

Interdependence, Regimes, Multilateralism 215(4)

System 219(2)

Change 221(1)

Pluralists and Their Critics: An Overview 222(3)

Anarchy 222(1)

Theory Building 222(1)

Voluntarism 223(1)

Ethnocentrism 224(1)

Notes 225(4)

Selections for Further Reading and Reference 229(4)

SELECTED READINGS 233(108)

Liberalism and World Politics 233(13)

Michael W. Doyle

Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics 246(11)

Andrew Moravcsik

Perception and Misperception in International Politics 257(12)

Robert Jervis

Crisis Decision Making 269(11)

Ole R. Holsti

Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis 280(17)

Graham T. Allison

Ideas and Foreign Policy 297(10)

Judith Goldstein

Robert O. Keohane

Realism and Complex Interdependence 307(12)

Robert O. Keohane

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Multilateralism, Knowledge, and Power 319(12)

Ernst B. Haas

Multilateralism: The Anatomy of an Institution 331(10)

John Gerard Ruggie

4 Globalism: Dependency and the Capitalist World-System 341(56)

Major Actors and Assumptions: A Summary 341(2)

Intellectual Precursors and Influences 343(4)

Karl Marx 343(1)

Hobson and Imperialism 344(1)

Lenin 345(1)

Luxemburg and Revolution vs. Reform 346(1)

Antonio Gramsci 347(1)

Dependency Theorists 347(4)

ECLA and UNCTAD Arguments 347(2)

Radical Critiques 349(1)

Domestic Forces 350(1)

The Capitalist World-System 351(4)

System 352(2)

Political, Economic, and Social Factors 354(1)

Change 355(2)

Globalists and Their Critics: An Overview 357(3)

The Question of Causality 357(1)

Reliance on Economics 357(1)

System Dominance 357(1)

Theoretical Rigidity 358(1)

Accounting for Anomalies 358(1)

Defining Alternatives and Science as Ideology 358(1)

Responses 359(1)

Notes 360(3)

Selections for Further Reading and Reference 363(2)

SELECTED READINGS 365(32)

The Economic Taproot of Imperialism 365(4)

J. A. Hobson

Patterns and Perspectives of the Capitalist World-Economy 369(8)

Immanuel Wallerstein

The Neostructuralist Agenda in International Relations 377(6)

Barry Gills

Ronen P. Palan

International Organization and Industrial Change 383(14)

Craig N. Murphy

5 Normative Considerations and International Relations Theory 397(30)

Moral Choice: Alternative Criteria 398(2)

The Problem of Justice and War 400(1)

Justice and Human Rights 401(2)

Alternative Images and Foreign Policy Choice 403(1)

Rationality and Foreign Policy Choice 404(1)

Values, Choices, and Theory 405(1)

Notes 406(1)

Selections for Further Reading and Reference 407(3)

SELECTED READINGS 410(17)

War, Peace, and the Law of Nations 410(5)

Hugo Grotius

Morality, Politics, and Perpetual Peace 415(7)

Immanuel Kant

The Nature of Politics 422(5)

E. H. Carr

6 The Future of International Relations Theory: Toward a New Synthesis? 427(42)

Underlying Images 428(2)

Theory Building 430(1)

Normative Concerns 431(1)

Notes 432(1)

Selections for Further Reading and Reference 433(1)

SELECTED READINGS 434(35)

Anarchy Is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics 434(25)

Alexander Wendt

Turbulent Change 459(10)

James N. Rosenau
Glossary 469(32)
Index 501