TY - BOOK AU - Griffiths,Martin TI - Rethinking international relations theory T2 - Rethinking world politics SN - 0230217796 AV - JZ1305 .G76 2011 U1 - 327.101 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - International relations KW - Philosophy N1 - 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 N2 - "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."-- ER -