Rethinking international relations theory /
Martin Griffiths.
- xii, 226 pages ; 22 cm.
- Rethinking world politics .
- Rethinking world politics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-213) and index.
Introduction: conquest, coexistence and IR theory -- Liberal internationalism -- Democratization: republican liberalism versus commercial liberalism -- Self-determination: republication liberalism versus regulatory liberalism -- International organization: commercial liberalism versus regulatory literalism -- The conservative critique: realism -- The radical critique: critical theory and cosmopolitanism -- Middling, meddling, muddling? three Via Medias.
"This innovative assessment of the current state of International Relations theory diagnoses a deep malaise in the field and proposes a reorientation from metatheoretical concerns to the theoretical exploration of central policy issues and dilemmas confronting the 21st century world."--