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	International relations theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		International relations theories can be divided into "positivist/rationalist" theories which focus on a principally state-level analysis, and"post-positivist/reflectivist" ones which incorporate expanded meanings of security, ranging from class, to gender, to postcolonial security.
		The theories differ in the fundamental assumptions they make in explaining state behavior: It is possible that one liberal theorist will predict war while another liberal theorist will predict peace; their disagreement arises from how they interpret events, but their fundamental assumptions are the same.
		Marxist and Neo-Marxist theories of IR are a positivist theory which reject the realist/liberal view of state conflict or cooperation; instead focusing on the economic and material aspects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_relations_theory (2031 words)

	International relations - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		International relations (IR) is an academic and public policy field, a branch of political science, dealing with the foreign policy of states within the international system, including the roles of international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs).
		It assumes that the international system is anarchic, in the sense that there is no authority above states capable of regulating their interactions; states must arrive at relations with other states on their own, rather than it being dictated to them by some higher controlling entity (that is, no true authoritative world government exists).
		The theory of maximal realism holds that the most desirable position to be in is that of the hegemon, the most powerful entity in the world, and that smaller entities will align themselves with the hegemon out of political self-interests.
	open-encyclopedia.com /International_relations (788 words)

	International relations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		International relations (IR), a branch of political science, is the study of foreign affairs of and relations among states within the international system, including the roles of inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs).
		The history of international relations is often traced back to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 where the modern states system was developed.
		Buzan and Little therefore define an international system as a system in which it is possible to distinguish between an "inside" and an "outside" in political realms and consider an international system to have existed since the rise of civilisation in Sumeria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_relations (1199 words)

	Encyclopedia: International relations theory
		In international relations, the security dilemma refers to a common situation wherein two or more states are drawn into conflict, possibly even war, over security concerns when none of the states involved actually wanted conflict.
		Critical international relations theory is a set of schools of thought in international relations that have criticized the status-quo â€“ both from positivist positions as well as postpositivist positions.
		Dependency theory is the body of social science theories by various intellectuals, both from the Third World and the First World, that create a worldview which suggests that the wealthy nations of the world need a peripheral group of poorer states in order to remain wealthy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/International-relations-theory (4178 words)

	The IR Theory Knowledge Base
		Constitutive theory is directly concerned with the importance of human reflection on the nature and character of world politics and the approach to its study.
		There are further nuances to the theory: for instance, the sources of power transition vary in their volitility, population change being the least volatile and political capacity (defined as the ability of the government to control resources internal to the country) the most volatile.
		No general theory of the social construction of reality is available to be borrowed from other fields and international relations constructivists have not as yet managed to formulate a fully fledged theory of their own.
	www.irtheory.com /know.htm (6903 words)

	English School of International Relations Theory
		It attempts to consider the implications of such a change for the English School of international relations theory, an approach that, especially in its ‘classical’ form is undoubtedly state-centric and justly criticised for failing to consider fully enough the implications of international economics.
		Instead, diversity has been corralled into a territorial form in the case of international relations and as part of the means for dealing with the special problems and circumstances that come with a constitution of international relations as an anarchically organised and territorialised social activity.
		The rules and principles of international society are valuable in the way that they have proved durable and flexible enough to reproduce themselves and to attain generally high levels of agreement, despite some obvious and flagrant breaches, at least amongst those who speak for and represent states.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /polis/englishschool/williams-isa02.htm (6913 words)

	Ken Booth and Steve Smith: International Relations Theory Today
		The Self-Images of a Discipline: A Genealogy of International Relations Theory Steve Smith
		International Relations and the Concept of the Political R.
		Ken Booth and Steve Smith are Professors of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
	www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-01461-X.html (177 words)

	Acharya-International-Relations-Theory-and-Cross-Strait-Relations
		Neo-Realism explains international relations in terms of the structural properties of the international system, especially the distribution of power.(3) Unlike classical realism, it does not see human nature as an important variable in war and peace.
		As a theory of international relations, liberalism has several strands, at least two of which (interdependence and Democratic Peace) are noteworthy here (a third strand, liberal institutionalism, will be discussed in the next section, as it relates more closely to the Constructivist position).
		Since international relations theory often reflects evolving trends in world order, it provides a good snap shot of the principles that would affect the perceptions and responses of the international community with respect to challenges to international peace and stability.
	taiwansecurity.org /IS/Acharya-International-Relations-Theory-and-Cross-Strait-Relations.htm (4073 words)

	International Relations Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But all empirical theories share in common the fact that they are NOT evaluating policies or governmental action as good or bad; they are simply attempting to understand the reality of what exists.
		All of the theories we will examine are really not one theory but a category or type of theories with some important internal debates among sub-theories.
		Categorizing Normative Theories of IR No One Agreed Categorization: The first thing to realize when discussing normative (or empirical) theories of International Relations is that is not one neat, agreed categorization to divide the theories.
	www.accd.edu /sac/gov/rogers/ir/theory.htm (1783 words)

	Africa’s Challenge to International Relations Theory
		The international relations of UNITA are certainly inexplicable if we were to rely solely on state-centric theories; even so, a question remains.
		Is analysis based on UNITA typical enough to warrant a call for a more inclusive conceptualization of Africa’s international relations anchored in nations and other sub-state actors? Such an approach might succeed ‘in dethroning the hegemony of the Westphalian framework imposed on Africa through colonialism’;.
		Africa’s Challenges to International Relations Theory is likely to serve as a stepping stone for further investigation and research on the relevance of African issues to International Relations theories in light of some unique features in Africa’s international relations.
	web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v6/v6i3a9.htm (1024 words)

	The IR Theory Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The International Relations (IR) Theory Web site is an on-line resource for students, scholars and other professionals interested in International Relations theory and research.
		International Relations theory entails the development of conceptual frameworks and theories to facilitate the understanding and explanation of events and phenomena in world politics, as well as the analysis and informing of associated policies and practices.
		Moreover, new conceptual frameworks and theories are required to improve our understanding and assist in the development of better policies and practices.
	www.irtheory.com (140 words)

	IPM0260 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
		An additional aim is to consider future directions for the study of international relations in the context of profoundly important patterns of global change.
		These practices evolved long before the organised study of International Relations (IR) but one of the key themes in this part of the course is to show how philosophical and theoretical arguments grounded the evolution of the international system.
		Moreover, the interaction between practices and theories generates political and moral dilemmas and this in part explains why there has been a normative `turn' in IR in recent years.
	www.aber.ac.uk /modules/2002/IPM0260.html (492 words)

	International Relations Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The content and nature of International Relations theory is by no means fixed.
		Indeed, International Relations theory has been the subject of intense academic, intellectual and political debate.
		The main aim of this course is to introduce students to main debates in International Relations theory.
	www.bilkent.edu.tr /~pbilgin/IR501.html (5049 words)

	International Relations Theory
		Theory is one of those words which conjures up both fear and boredom.
		Theories are ways we organize the facts and tell coherent, empirically driven and testable stories about how the world works.
		You are to explain the theory fully (including central concepts, level of analysis, processes etc.), discuss the theory's strengths and weaknesses, and explain why this is, in your opinion, the best theory to understand global politics.
	udel.edu /~carcher/syl-irt.html (1315 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: International Relations Theory Today: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		International Relations Theory Today starts from the premise that international theory is going through major changes.
		Since the mid-1970s, international theory has been marked by major debates which question the very existence of a separate and contained world of international relations; this implies that the discipline of international theory has to reconsider its assumptions and its theories.
		What all contributors have in common, however, is a concern with the current state of international theory and an interest in exploring some of the major questions on its agenda.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0745611664 (692 words)

	Deconstructing International Relations Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Even International Relations, permanent residence of men, states, and wars, is not exempt from the 'interpretive turn' in social sciences.
		In one of the first full length 'postmodernist' pieces on international relations ever to be written, Richard Ashley argues that both international politics and the modern state have constructed a discourse in which specific geographical lines are drawn around the globe.
		Ashley argues that the construction of these borders and the geopolitical culture that accompanies them are crucial areas of international politics that need to be investigated by using interpretive techniques such as 'geneaologies', as developed by Nietzsche and Foucault.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~paulmacd/postbib2.htm (1973 words)

	New Thinking in International Relations Theory
		For example, James Der Derian's essay "Post-Theory: The Eternal Return of Ethics in International Relations" is one of the most accessible introductions to postmodern (or poststructural) theory available anywhere, coming from one of its leading practitioners.
		First, Miles Kahler's "Inventing International Relations" is a tightly packed institutional history of international relations theorists.
		Second, Joseph Grieco's "Realist International Theory and the Study of World Politics" is a stunningly comprehensive accounting of the strengths and weaknesses of neorealism (hence the 119 endnotes).
	teachpol.tcnj.edu /book_reviews/1998/Waalkes_S_2_98.html (1273 words)

	A Second Image - International Relations Theory - Constructivism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This way, I hope to make a small contribution to the current debates in IR theory and stimulate students with their research on the subject.
		Bear in mind scientific articles on constructivism are mostly only available in the appropriate academic journals, please refer to the bibliographies for more details.
		International relations theory in a nutshell - glossary of IR theories
	home.scarlet.be /~lazone (312 words)

	Progress in International Relations Theory - The MIT Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This book investigates how international relations theorists can better equip themselves to determine the state of scholarly work in their field.
		The contributors appraise the progress of institutional theory, varieties of realist and liberal theory, operational code analysis, and other research programs in international relations.
		The book provides the best treatment in the international relations sub-field, and perhaps in all of political science, of the Lakatosian criteria for assessing progress in social science.
	mitpress.mit.edu /item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9204&mlid=265 (437 words)

	International-Relations.com
		It provides an overview of areas often ignored in traditional international relations courses, and analyses current trends and future prospects in detail.
		The International Labour Organisation has an extensive website, with access to detailed histories of the labour movement in the 21st century.
		The International Relations and Security Network, a Swiss contribution to Partnership for Peace, has a wide range of news updates, links and in depth pieces.
	www.international-relations.com (2663 words)

	English School of International Relations Theory
		The idea is to strengthen the ties within the existing ES community, and to build new ties to related areas of work in other disciplines and areas, particularly World History, International Law, International Political Economy, European Union studies and Historical Sociology.
		The aim is to develop a set of ES research priorities and to create a clearer division of labour within the community and between it and other communities.
		In part, this is about recovering some of the working methods of the British Committee, albeit adapting them to the reality that the ES is now larger, more international, and more diverse than at any time in the past.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /polis/englishschool (322 words)

	PSC 333 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This course provides an overview of some of the primary perspectives and analytical approaches for studying international relations.
		We will survey the contemporary literature with special emphasis on theory, conceptualization, methodology, and practical application (especially how can IR Theory explain the end of the Cold War).
		Topics include contending perspectives of international relations, power and parity, rational actors and international politics, domestic politics and the making of international policy, democratic peace, and ecological issues.
	www.polsci.buffalo.edu /courses/psc333/syllabus.html (362 words)

	H-Net Review: Scott Waalkes on New Thinking in International Relations Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Students looking for a comprehensive overview of recent IR theory would be well-advised to read this book alongside others that map out the terrain differently--or more systematically--to get a fuller picture.
		Thus international relations journals in the 1990s were filled with reflections on the Big Surprise, discussions which took many different forms: arguments about the causes of Soviet collapse, speculations on why it was a surprise, and calls for new theories or research projects.
		John Lewis Gaddis, "International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War,"
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=21745886797062 (1421 words)

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