What is International Relations?
Knud Erik Jorgensen.
Bok Engelsk 2021 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (202 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Front Cover -- What is International Relations? -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Box -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 What is the Subject Matter? -- Introduction -- Domaine réservé -- Widening the subject matter: tous azimuts? -- Defined by its guiding research questions -- 1 What are the causes of war and the conditions of peace? -- 2 What is international society? -- 3 What is foreign policy? -- 4 What is power politics? -- 5 What is the international system? -- 6 What is IR theory? -- 7 What is the relationship between international politics and economics? -- 8 What is international organization? -- 9 What is the relationship between power and morality? -- 10 What is community? -- 11 What is the role of culture, gender and race in international relations? -- 12 What is a scientific discipline? -- Conclusion -- 2 What are the Human Sciences? -- Introduction -- IR as a social science -- With IR chez Humanités -- IR as a human science -- Conclusion -- 3 What is a Discipline? -- Introduction -- What is a discipline? -- The making of the IR discipline -- Trajectories and junctions -- Root causes of disciplinary growth -- The IR discipline and its subdisciplines -- Are there any attractive alternatives to discipline? -- Why discipline? -- Conclusion -- 4 What is Theory? -- Introduction -- The functions of theory -- Changing conceptions of theory -- Phase 1: 1919-1940 -- Phase 2: 1940-1970 -- Phase 3: 1970-1990 -- Phase 4: 1990-2013 -- Phase 5: 2013 to present -- Power politics among disciplines -- Conclusion -- 5 What is Disciplinary Diversity? -- Introduction -- Diversity as a threat -- Ever more diversity? -- Settling the dispute? -- A truly diverse discipline -- Conclusion -- 6 What is Community? -- Introduction -- The IR community during the interwar years.. - The IR community during the Cold War years -- The 1940s to the 1960s -- Cold War II: 1970s and 1980s -- The IR community in a globalizing world -- Conclusion -- 7 Globalizing International Relations? -- Introduction -- What is local? -- IR going 'global'? -- Seven passages: beyond Eurocentrism and decentrism -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.. - As International Relations enters its second century as an academic discipline, leading expert Knud Erik Jørgensen provides a provocative assessment of its past, present and future. The result is a concise and challenging appraisal of the discipline, one which both celebrates its value and maps possible future directions.
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| ISBN | 1-5292-1098-4. - 1-5292-1099-2
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