Constructivism and International Relations

Constructivism and International Relations
Title Constructivism and International Relations PDF eBook
Author Stefano Guzzini
Publisher Routledge
Pages 360
Release 2005-12-12
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1134319584

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This new book unites in one volume some of the most prominent critiques of Alexander Wendt's constructivist theory of international relations and includes the first comprehensive reply by Wendt. Partly reprints of benchmark articles, partly new original critiques, the critical chapters are informed by a wide array of contending theories ranging from realism to poststructuralism. The collected leading theorists critique Wendt’s seminal book Social Theory of International Politics and his subsequent revisions. They take issue with the full panoply of Wendt’s approach, such as his alleged positivism, his critique of the realist school, the conceptualism of identity, and his teleological theory of history. Wendt’s reply is not limited to rebuttal only. For the first time, he develops his recent idea of quantum social science, as well as its implications for theorising international relations. This unique volume will be a necessary companion to Wendt’s book for students and researchers seeking a better understanding of his work, and also offers one of the most up-to-date collections on constructivist theorizing.

The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory

The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory
Title The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory PDF eBook
Author David M. McCourt
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 224
Release 2023-06
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1529217830

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Tracing constructivist work on culture, identity and norms within the historical, geographical and professional contexts of world politics, this book makes the case for new constructivist approaches to international relations scholarship.

Constructivism in International Relations

Constructivism in International Relations
Title Constructivism in International Relations PDF eBook
Author Maja Zehfuss
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 314
Release 2002-07-25
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9780521894661

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Realist Constructivism

Realist Constructivism
Title Realist Constructivism PDF eBook
Author J. Samuel Barkin
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 203
Release 2010-03-25
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1139484400

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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.

Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations

Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations
Title Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations PDF eBook
Author Vaughn P. Shannon
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 288
Release 2012
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0472117998

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Psychology and constructivism together offer new ways of understanding international relations

Strategies for Research in Constructivist International Relations

Strategies for Research in Constructivist International Relations
Title Strategies for Research in Constructivist International Relations PDF eBook
Author Audie Klotz
Publisher Routledge
Pages 144
Release 2014-12-18
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1317459261

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Constructivism's basic premise - that individuals and groups are shaped by their world but can also change it - may seem intuitively true. Yet this process-oriented approach can be more difficult to apply than structural or rational choice frameworks. Based on their own experiences and exemplars from the IR literature, well-known authors Audie Klotz and Cecelia Lynch lay out concepts and tools for anyone seeking to apply the constructivist approach in research. Written in jargon-free prose and relevant across the social sciences, this book is essential for anyone trying to sort out appropriate methods for empirical research.

Making Sense, Making Worlds

Making Sense, Making Worlds
Title Making Sense, Making Worlds PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Onuf
Publisher Routledge
Pages 280
Release 2013-05-07
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1136219463

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Nicholas Onuf is a leading scholar in international relations and introduced constructivism to international relations, coining the term constructivism in his book World of Our Making (1989). He was featured as one of twelve scholars featured in Iver B. Neumann and Ole Wæver, eds., The Future of International Relations: Masters in the Making? (1996); and featured in Martin Griffiths, Steven C. Roach and M. Scott Solomon, Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations, 2nd ed. (2009). This powerful collection of essays clarifies Onuf’s approach to international relations and makes a decisive contribution to the debates in IR concerning theory. It embeds the theoretical project in the wider horizon of how we understand ourselves and the world. Onuf updates earlier themes and his general constructivist approach, and develops some newer lines of research, such as the work on metaphors and the re-grounding in much more Aristotle than before. A complement to the author’s groundbreaking book of 1989, World of Our Making, this tightly argued book draws extensively from philosophy and social theory to advance constructivism in International Relations. Making Sense, Making Worlds will be vital reading for students and scholars of international relations, international relations theory, social theory and law.