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International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity de Tim Dunne

International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity

Autor Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki, Katarina Kušić, Steve Smith
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iun 2024

Descoperim în această a șasea ediție a International Relations Theories un instrument pedagogic recalibrat pentru exigențele curriculare actuale, unde studiile de caz integrate în fiecare capitol transformă conceptele abstracte în analize aplicate ale dilemelor politice reale. Remarcăm o schimbare structurală majoră: mutarea capitolului despre „Global IR” chiar la începutul volumului. Această decizie editorială forțează o reflecție critică asupra contextului în care s-a dezvoltat disciplina, oferind o perspectivă diversă care lipsește adesea din manualele tradiționale. Reținem, de asemenea, introducerea unor capitole noi semnate de experți de renume despre realismul clasic și teoriile critice, acestea din urmă explorând intersecționalitatea dintre gen, rasă și decolonizare. Cartea acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum Theories of International Relations de Richard Devetak, dar se diferențiază printr-o abordare mai pragmatică și o structură care facilitează cercetarea independentă prin casetele „Spotlight” dedicate literaturii de specialitate. În contextul operei autorilor, volumul rafinează analizele sistemice prezente în Rise of the International și completează viziunea aplicată din Foreign Policy, oferind un fundament teoretic solid pentru înțelegerea actorilor și proceselor globale. Este o resursă care nu doar prezintă teoriile dominante, ci le pune în dialog direct cu perspectivele emergente, oferind un echilibru între tradiția academică și provocările secolului XXI.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780192866455
ISBN-10: 0192866451
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 5 photos, 4 figures, and 2 tables
Dimensiuni: 190 x 245 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:6
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această ediție este esențială pentru studenții la științe politice care doresc să înțeleagă nu doar „ce” sunt teoriile RI, ci și „cum” să le aplice. Prin mutarea accentului pe Global IR și adăugarea studiilor de caz practice, cititorul câștigă o capacitate de analiză critică superioară, fiind capabil să decodifice conflictele și alianțele contemporane prin multiple lentile teoretice, de la realism la postcolonialism.

Despre autor

Echipa de autori reunește unii dintre cei mai respectați academicieni din domeniu, mulți fiind afiliați Universității din Exeter. Tim Dunne este un specialist recunoscut în relații internaționale, preocupat de ordinea globală și drepturile omului. Steve Smith, fost vice-rector la Exeter și profesor de studii internaționale, este o figură centrală în teoria RI din Marea Britanie. Milja Kurki și Katarina Kušić aduc expertiză suplimentară în filosofie socială și metodologie, asigurând rigoarea conceptuală a acestui manual devenit referință în spațiul academic anglo-saxon.

Descriere

Unrivalled coverage of IR theories from leading experts, including historically dominant traditions such as realism, and liberalism, to theories such as postcolonialism and green theory. Featuring a new organisation to reflect the importance and focus on global IR as well as newly authored chapters on classical realism, liberalism, Marxism, and critical theories. A wide range of case studies show readers how theory can be applied to address concrete political problems. Key Features:· Expert line-up of contributors offer coverage of dominant and emerging theories and arguments from diverse perspectives· Includes coverage of historically marginalised theories, including postcolonialism and environmentalism· A case study in each chapter shows how theory can be used to explain real-world problems and dilemmas and additional questions to encourage students to analyse and evaluate the different theories for themselves· Boxes highlighting key books or articles introduce students to prominent works in the field to encourage wider reading and research interests· Spotlights on key books and articles encourage readers to go beyond the textbook and develop their research interests, exploring important works in the fieldNew to this Edition:· An enhanced ebook with author videos, self-test questions, and pointers to answering case study questions· Newly authored chapters on classical realism, liberalism, and Marxism provide students with fresh perspectives on these theories· Newly authored chapter on critical theories illustrates the intersectional nature of critical theories as it relates to gender, race, and decolonisation, while speaking to topical debates in the field· The global IR chapter has been moved to the beginning of the text, which encourages students to critically reflect on the context in which IR developed and appreciate the importance of viewing international relations theories from truly representative perspectives from the very start· Updated online resources include pointers on answering case study questions, supporting students to apply theories to real world issuesDigital Formats and Resources:International Relations Theories is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supportedby online resources.The enhanced e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with self-test multiple choice questions, functionality tools,navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks The digital version, available on Politics Trove, is also accompanied by online resources.These include:For students:- Self-test questions for every section of the chapter, to help you test your knowledge as you go- Author videos explaining concepts or going into greater depth into a case study- Pointers on answering the case study questionsFor lecturers:- Test Bank for each chapter- PowerPoint slides with a deck for each chapter to help build lecture materials

Recenzii

It's one of, if not the standard textbook on IR theories with contributions by some of the "big names" in IR theory on every topic one could think of and a handy glossary at the end.
It's an advanced IR theory book covering the main IR theories. It includes diverse perspectives and contemporary examples.

Notă biografică

Professor Tim Dunne is Provost & Senior Vice-President at the University of Surrey. Prior to his move to Surrey, Tim had a number of leadership roles at The University of Queensland (UQ), including Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for R2P and Executive Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is recognised for his research on human rights protection and foreign policy-making in a changing world order. He has written and co-edited fourteen books, including Terror in our Time (2012), The Globalization of International Society (2017), and a new revised edition of Diplomatic Investigations: Essays on the Theory of International Politics, edited by Herbert Butterfield and Martin Wight (2019) The Rise of the International (2023 in press. Tim is an elected Fellow of the Academic of Social Sciences, Australia; the Queensland Academic of Arts and Sciences; and holds an Emeritus Professorship at The University of Queensland.Professor Milja Kurki is E.H. Carr Chair in International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Her areas of interest are international relations theory, philosophy of science, democracy and democracy promotion, critical theory and more recently scientific cosmology, social-natural science nexus and multispecies politics. Her PhD was focused on the analysis of the meaning of causality in IR scholarship. She then led a major ERC project on the conceptual foundations of democracy promotion practices between 2008 and 2012, a project which involved extensive policy engagement. Dr Katarina Kušić is a Marie-Skłodowska Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Vienna. Her research interests include statebuilding and peacebuilding interventions, land politics, interpretive and fieldwork-based methodologies, and post-colonial and decolonial thought. Her current work explores international political ecologies of land and human-nature relations more broadly. Her PhD and the ensuing monograph provided a conceptual critique of intervention through an ethnographic study of post-war reconstruction efforts in South East Europe. Katarina received her MA from Central European University and holds a PhD in International Politics from Aberystwyth University. Professor Sir Steve Smith is the U.K. Government International Education Champion and Prime Minister's Special Representative to Saudi Arabia for Education. He has been Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Exeter from 2002 to 2020. He was previously Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) and Professor of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, as well as Head of the Department of International Politics, and Director of the Centre for Public Choice Studies at the University of East Anglia. Sir Steve is a graduate of the University of Southampton and holds a BSc in Politics and International Studies, an MSc in International Studies and a PhD in International Relations. He has written or edited 17 books, published well over 100 academic papers and has given over 170 academic presentations in 22 countries. Sir Steve was knighted in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to higher education locally and nationally.