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This book intends to harvest insights from the discipline of
Psychology, in its broad understanding, for application to
International Relations. Although Psychology offers an abundance of
theories that are useful for this purpose, they have so far
remained largely untapped. In chapters on conflict, hegemony,
terrorism, mental health, global consciousness, and peace
proposals, Byer provides a synthesis of these two complimentary
disciplines. This innovative volume presents the first contribution
to the new discipline of International Political Psychology.
With Theory of International Politics Kenneth Waltz established
Neo-realism as a major school of thought in IR, which still remains
a dominant approach within the discipline in the Anglo-American
world and beyond. Man, the State and War - his first contribution
to the debate in IR and the predecessor to Theory of International
Politics - received praise for its presentation of a discussion on
the causes of international warfare as well as the possibilities of
its prevention on three different levels of analysis: the
individual, the state and the international system. This book
reflects on the arguments presented in Man, the State and War from
a contemporary perspective. Do Waltz's ideas still hold firm ground
in the discipline? The book alerts to the perceived necessity of
combining conceptions of governance and authority with
considerations on the reduction of inequality at the individual,
state and international level. Inequality in particular has
received increased attention as a cause for violence at all three
levels since Waltz published Man, the State and War. The book also
addresses Waltz's rejection of supranationalism as the remedy for
war - a view that has been challenged since he wrote the book. One
theme stands out: from today's perspective, the establishment and
maintenance of 'good global governance' can be considered the most
important aspect for the prevention of war.
With Theory of International Politics Kenneth Waltz established
Neo-realism as a major school of thought in IR, which still remains
a dominant approach within the discipline in the Anglo-American
world and beyond. Man, the State and War - his first contribution
to the debate in IR and the predecessor to Theory of International
Politics - received praise for its presentation of a discussion on
the causes of international warfare as well as the possibilities of
its prevention on three different levels of analysis: the
individual, the state and the international system. This book
reflects on the arguments presented in Man, the State and War from
a contemporary perspective. Do Waltz's ideas still hold firm ground
in the discipline? The book alerts to the perceived necessity of
combining conceptions of governance and authority with
considerations on the reduction of inequality at the individual,
state and international level. Inequality in particular has
received increased attention as a cause for violence at all three
levels since Waltz published Man, the State and War. The book also
addresses Waltz's rejection of supranationalism as the remedy for
war - a view that has been challenged since he wrote the book. One
theme stands out: from today's perspective, the establishment and
maintenance of 'good global governance' can be considered the most
important aspect for the prevention of war.
This book includes an interview with Professor Waltz conducted in
August 2007 in his summerhouse in Maine and winter 2007 in New
York. We were first talking about his personal history, then
tackled his theoretical assumptions and the histories of his
seminal books in order to finally discuss current world affairs in
general.
This book provides a much-needed, positive, hopeful and holistic
perspective on how to cope with schizophrenia. While 51 million
people in the world are afflicted with this illness, self-help
books on the topic are not in ample supply, and those that do exist
are often very dark in outlook. This volume combines knowledge from
previous studies, personal accounts, and scientific research today.
Topics explored here include an overview on experiences with, and
explanations for, schizophrenia; alternative and natural healing
tips for psychosis and schizophrenia, including diet and
orthomolecular medicine; an overview of alternative therapies;
relationship and career advice; how to deal with emergencies; and
how to recover after a period of psychosis, among others.
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