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International thought is the product of major political changes
over the last few centuries, especially the development of the
modern state and the industrialisation of the world economy. While
the question of how to deal with strangers from other communities
has been a constant throughout human history, it is only in recent
centuries that the question of 'foreign relations' (and especially
imperialism and war) have become a matter of urgency for all
sectors of society throughout the world. This book provides the
first comprehensive overview of the evolution of Western
international thought, and charts how this evolved into the
predominantly Anglophone field of International Relations. Along
the way several myths of the origins of International Relations are
explored and exposed: the myth of the peace of Westphalia, the
myths of Versailles and the nature of the League of Nations, the
realist-idealist 'Great Debate' myth, and the myth of appeasement.
Major approaches to the study of international affairs are
discussed within their context and on their own terms, rather than
being shoe-horned into anachronistic 'paradigms'. Written in a
clear and accessible style, Ashworth's analysis reveals how
historical myths have been used as gatekeeping devices, and how a
critical re-evaluation of the history of international thought can
affect how we see international affairs today.
International thought is the product of major political changes
over the last few centuries, especially the development of the
modern state and the industrialisation of the world economy. While
the question of how to deal with strangers from other communities
has been a constant throughout human history, it is only in recent
centuries that the question of 'foreign relations' (and especially
imperialism and war) have become a matter of urgency for all
sectors of society throughout the world. This book provides the
first comprehensive overview of the evolution of Western
international thought, and charts how this evolved into the
predominantly Anglophone field of International Relations. Along
the way several myths of the origins of International Relations are
explored and exposed: the myth of the peace of Westphalia, the
myths of Versailles and the nature of the League of Nations, the
realist-idealist 'Great Debate' myth, and the myth of appeasement.
Major approaches to the study of international affairs are
discussed within their context and on their own terms, rather than
being shoe-horned into anachronistic 'paradigms'. Written in a
clear and accessible style, Ashworth's analysis reveals how
historical myths have been used as gatekeeping devices, and how a
critical re-evaluation of the history of international thought can
affect how we see international affairs today.
This book reassesses international functionalism as an approach to
global politics. Functionalism has been marginalized as simply a
pre-scientific precursor to regional integration theory. In fact,
functionalism provides a global view of states and international
organizations working towards a peaceful and constructive world
order through cooperative relationships across borders to satisfy
human needs. Chapters examine the early development of
functionalism and apply functionalist insights to issues, problems
and conflicts in contemporary global governance.
From 1918 to 1945 the British Labour Party worked closely with some
of the most prominent names in international relations (IR)
scholarship. Through such structures as the 'Advisory Committee on
International Questions', academic IR specialists were instrumental
in the construction of Labour foreign policy, preparing a wealth of
memoranda, reports and pamphlets for the Party. Here Lucian
Ashworth examines the crucial role played by IR theorists. He puts
the international theories of five key writers - Leonard Woolf,
H.N. Brailsford, Philip Noel Baker, Norman Angell and David Mitrany
- into the context of both the development of Labour's
international policy and the evolution of the international
environment between the wars. He demonstrates the inadequacy of the
current interpretation within IR of the inter-war period and argues
the obsession with the anachronistic division between realism and
idealism - terms that had different connotations before World War
II - masks both the very different debates that were going on at
the time, and the changing international landscape of the inter-war
period itself.
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