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Realism and constructivism are often viewed as competing paradigms
for understanding International Relations, but a number of scholars
are now arguing that the two are compatible. This volume, from one
of the leading proponents of realist constructivism, combines both
exposition and critique of realist constructivist approaches with a
series of international case studies to show what realist
constructivist research can look like in practice.
This comprehensively revised and updated edition offers an
introduction to international organizations (IO) theory in the
field of IR. It looks at the different ways in which IOs are
studied and then applies these different modes to a variety of
specific case studies. The book is written as a primer for students
studying global governance and IR theory. It highlights analytic
tools available to understand what IOs are designed to do, how they
work, what effects they have, and how to design them better. It
goes beyond simple questions of whether IOs matter, and looks at
the ways in which the different analytical tools developed within
the rubric of IO theory are useful for answering different
questions about the role of IOs in international politics.
Countering the growing divide between positivists who embrace
quantitative, numerical approaches and post-positivist scholars who
favor qualitative, interpretive approaches, J. Samuel Barkin and
Laura Sjoberg argue that both methods are more widely adaptable
than is commonly assumed by either camp. In Interpretive
Quantification, ten highly regarded scholars in the field of
International Relations apply quantitative methods and formal
models to specific constructivist and critical research questions.
In this way, each chapter serves not only as evidence that methods
can productively be applied across paradigms, but also as a guide
as to how this may be done. In sum, the contributors make a
compelling case that when researchers cordon off particular methods
for merely ideological reasons, they circumscribe their own
paradigms and hinder their own research agenda.
Sovereignty is the subject of many debates in international
relations. Is it the source of state authority or a description of
it? What is its history? Is it strengthening or weakening? Is it
changing, and how? This book addresses these questions, but focuses
on one less frequently addressed: what makes state sovereignty
possible? The Sovereignty Cartel argues that sovereignty is built
on state collusion - states work together to privilege sovereignty
in global politics, because they benefit from sovereignty's
exclusivity. This book explores this collusive behavior in
international law, international political economy, international
security, and migration and citizenship. In all these areas, states
accord rights to other states, regardless of relative power,
relative wealth, or relative position. Sovereignty, as a (changing)
set of property rights for which states collude, accounts for this
behavior not as anomaly (as other theories would) but instead as
fundamental to the sovereign states system.
Realism and constructivism, two key contemporary theoretical
approaches to the study of international relations, are commonly
taught as mutually exclusive ways of understanding the subject.
Realist Constructivism explores the common ground between the two,
and demonstrates that, rather than being in simple opposition, they
have areas of both tension and overlap. There is indeed space to
engage in a realist constructivism. But at the same time, there are
important distinctions between them, and there remains a need for a
constructivism that is not realist, and a realism that is not
constructivist. Samuel Barkin argues more broadly for a different
way of thinking about theories of international relations, that
focuses on the corresponding elements within various approaches
rather than on a small set of mutually exclusive paradigms. Realist
Constructivism provides an interesting new way for scholars and
students to think about international relations theory.
Sovereignty is the subject of many debates in international
relations. Is it the source of state authority or a description of
it? What is its history? Is it strengthening or weakening? Is it
changing, and how? This book addresses these questions, but focuses
on one less frequently addressed: what makes state sovereignty
possible? The Sovereignty Cartel argues that sovereignty is built
on state collusion - states work together to privilege sovereignty
in global politics, because they benefit from sovereignty's
exclusivity. This book explores this collusive behavior in
international law, international political economy, international
security, and migration and citizenship. In all these areas, states
accord rights to other states, regardless of relative power,
relative wealth, or relative position. Sovereignty, as a (changing)
set of property rights for which states collude, accounts for this
behavior not as anomaly (as other theories would) but instead as
fundamental to the sovereign states system.
This book moves scholarly debates beyond the old question of
whether or not international institutions matter in order to
examine how they matter, even in a world of power politics. Power
politics and international institutions are often studied as two
separate domains, but this is in need of rethinking because today
most states strategically use institutions to further their
interests. Anders Wivel, T.V. Paul, and the international group of
contributing authors update our understanding of how institutions
are viewed among the major theoretical paradigms in international
relations, and they seek to bridge the divides. Empirical chapters
examine specific institutions in practice, including the United
Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, and the European
Union. The book also points the way to future research.
International Institutions and Power Politics provides insights for
both international relations theory and practical matters of
foreign affairs, and it will be essential reading for all
international relations scholars and advanced students.
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