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History and international relations /

This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical realism to quantitative and postmodern work.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Thomas W., 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Series:Routledge advances in international relations and politics ; 9.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The historical problem in international relations
  • 3. History, contingency, and the roots of realism : Reinhold Niebuhr and E.H. Carr
  • 4. History, analogy, and policy realism : Hans J. Morgenthau and George F. Kennan
  • 5. The poverty of ahistoricism : Kenneth N. Waltz and neorealist theory
  • 6. "The importance of being scientific" : J. David Singer and the correlates of war
  • 7. Exit from history? : postmodern international relations
  • 8. Conclusion : history, skepticism, and the recovery of theory.