Thinking Theory Thoroughly - Coherent Approaches To An Incoherent World (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Think theory is thoroughly removed from explaining international crises such as Bosnia, Rwanda, and Korea? Think again! James Rosenau and Mary Durfee have teamed up to show how the same events take on different coloration depending on the theory used to explain them. In order to better understand world politics, the authors maintain, theory "does" make a difference."Thinking Theory Thoroughly" is a primer for all kinds of readers who want to begin theorizing about international relations (IR). In this second edition, realism (the dominant theoretical perspective in IR), postinternationalism (Rosenau's famed turbulence paradigm), and liberalism are treated together in a chapter that compares them along various analytic dimensions, which makes the book even more useful.In this new edition, the order and content of case chapters have been changed to better reflect the ways theory can be used to organize empirical material. The chapter on crises, which is now at the beginning, shows how systemic theories might cope with problems and evidence of a more local and temporally constrained nature. A chapter on the U.N. illustrates how systemic theories can cope with institutions, and the last chapter, on Antarctica, delineates how systemic theories can be used to generate hypotheses that then demand different kinds of evidence.

General

Imprint:	WestviewPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1999
First published:	April 2000
Authors:	James Rosenau
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	269
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8133-6676-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	0-8133-6676-3
Barcode:	9780813366760

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