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This book is designed as a foundational entry point to International Relations theory. Each chapter sets out the basics of a theory whilst also applying it to a real-world event or issue, creating a lively, readable and relevant guide that will help students to see not only what theories are – but why they matter. The first section of the book covers the theories that are most commonly taught in undergraduate programmes, from realism right through to postcolonialism. The book then expands in an innovative second section to present emerging approaches and offer wider perspectives.
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Introduction: GETTING STARTED WITH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
(Stephen McGlinchey, Rosie Walters & Dana Gold)
PART ONE – ESTABLISHED THEORIES
REALISM (Sandrina Antunes & Isabel Camisão)
LIBERALISM (Jeffrey W. Meiser)
THE ENGLISH SCHOOL (Yannis A. Stivachtis)
CONSTRUCTIVISM (Sarina Theys)
MARXISM (Maïa Pal)
CRITICAL THEORY (Marcos Farias Ferreira)
POSTSTRUCTURALISM (Aishling Mc Morrow)
FEMINISM (Sarah Smith)
POSTCOLONIALISM (Sheila Nair)
TOWARDS A GLOBAL IR? (Amitav Acharya)
PART TWO – EXPANSION PACK
GREEN THEORY (Hugh C. Dyer)
GLOBAL JUSTICE (Alix Dietzel)
QUEER THEORY (Markus Thiel)
SECURITISATION THEORY (Clara Eroukhmanoff)
CRITICAL GEOGRAPHY (Irena Leisbet Ceridwen Connon & Archie W. Simpson)
ASIAN PERSPECTIVES (Pichamon Yeophantong)
GLOBAL SOUTH PERSPECTIVES (Lina Benabdallah, Victor Adetula & Carlos Murillo-Zamora)
INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES (Jeff Corntassel & Marc Woons)
A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE ON REALISM (Felix Rösch & Richard Ned Lebow)
THE ‘ISMS’ ARE EVIL. ALL HAIL THE ‘ISMS’! (Alex Prichard)