A New A-Z of International Relations Theory
A New A-Z of International Relations Theory
Editor: Pettiford, Lloyd
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
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ISBN: 978-1-84-885501-4
Category: Social Sciences - Political science
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Table of Contents
This book features alphabetical entries covering the most important and the latest cutting-edge theory from anarchy to world systems theory. Clear and concise writing cuts through even the most opaque theoretical subjects and the result is an essential reference guide for students of International Relations, politics and history and will guide both specialists and general readers through the fast-changing complexities of global politics.
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Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- The scope of the dictionary
- Uses of this dictionary
- A
- African international relations: theories and practices
- Agent (agency, actor, actorness)
- Amin, Samir (1931–)
- Anarchism/anarchy
- Anderson, Benedict (1936–)
- Arabic Golden Age scholarship
- Aron, Raymond (1905–83)
- Ashley, Richard
- Atomistic approach
- Augustine (St Augustine of Hippo, ad 354–430)
- Austin, John (1790–1859)
- Autarky
- Authority
- Autonomy
- B
- Behaviourism/behaviouralism
- Berlin, Isaiah (1909–97)
- Bhagavad Gita
- Bismarck, Otto von (1815–98)
- Booth, Ken (1943–)
- Bretton Woods system
- Buddhist theories of international relations
- Bull, Hedley (1932–85)
- Burke, Edmund (1729–97)
- Burton, John (1915–2010)
- Buzan, Barry (1946–)
- C
- Caribbean (anti-colonial) [entry by Clare Newstead]
- Causation
- Citizenship
- Civil society
- Cold War
- Colonialism (colonialist)
- Common market
- Comte, Auguste (1798–1857)
- Conflict
- Conflict resolution
- Constructivism (constructivist)
- Cooperation
- Counter-hegemony (counter-hegemonic)
- Coup d’état (coup)
- Cox, Robert (1926–)
- Critical realism (critical realist)
- Critical theory
- Cultural Revolution
- D
- Davies, David (1880–1944)
- Democracy
- Determinism (determinist)
- Deterrence
- Deutsch, Karl (1912–92)
- Development
- Dictatorship
- Diplomacy
- Discourse analysis
- Durkheim, Émile (1858–1917)
- E
- Emancipation (emancipatory theory)
- Empire
- Empiricism
- English School
- Enlightenment
- Epistemology
- Ethno-centrism
- European Union (EU)/European Communities/European integration (federalism/functionalism)
- F
- Fanon, Frantz (1925–61)
- Fascism (fascist)
- Feminism (feminist theory)
- Fifth column
- Finance
- Foreign policy analysis
- Foucault, Michel (1926–84)
- Freedom
- French Revolution
- Fukuyama, Francis (1952–) (‘End of History’ debate)
- Functionalism (functionalist)
- G
- Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (1869–1948)
- GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
- Gender
- Genocide
- Gill, Stephen (1950–)
- Gilpin, Robert (1930–)
- Globalization
- Gorbachev, Mikhail (1931–)
- Governance
- Great powers
- Grotius, Hugo (1583–1645)
- G7 and G8
- Guerrilla warfare (insurgency/counter-insurgency)
- H
- Halliday, Fred (1946–2010)
- Hegemony (hegemonic)
- Hermeneutics
- Hierarchy
- Historical sociology
- History
- Holism (holistic)
- Human nature
- Human rights (humanitarian intervention)
- Hybridity
- I
- Ideal types
- Idealism, idealist (Angell, Norman – 1872–1967)
- Identity
- Ideology
- Imperialism
- Induction/deduction dispute
- Institutions (institutionalism, global financial, IMF, World Bank, WTO)
- Interdependence
- International law
- International political economy
- Inter-paradigm debate
- Inter-state system
- Inter-subjective meaning
- Intertextuality
- Islam
- Isolationism
- J
- Jingoism
- K
- Keohane, Robert (and Nye, Joseph)
- Keynes, John Maynard (1883–1946)
- Kindleberger, Charles (1910–2003)
- Knowledge
- Kondratieff cycles
- Krasner, Stephen (1942–)
- L
- Labour
- Laissez-faire
- League of Nations
- Lenin, V. I. (1870–1924) (Leninism, Leninist)
- Liberal institutionalism
- Liberalism
- Logocentrism
- M
- Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469–1527)
- Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
- Market
- Marxism, Marxist (Marx, Karl – 1818–83)
- Materialism
- Mercantilism
- Meta-narrative (grand narrative)
- Metaphysics
- Meta-theory
- Methodology in IR research
- Migration
- Military–industrial complex
- Modernity
- Modernization
- Monroe Doctrine
- Morgenthau, Hans J. (1904–80)
- Morse, Edward (1942–)
- Multiculturalism
- Multinational corporations (MNCs)
- N
- Narrative (narratology)
- Nation
- Natural resources
- Neo-liberal institutionalism
- Neo–neo synthesis
- New International Economic Order (NIEO)
- New world order
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844–1900) (nihilist, nihilism)
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Non-Western IR theory
- Nuclear weapons (mutually assured destruction, MAD)
- O
- Objective (objectivity)
- Ontology (ontological)
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Otherness
- P
- Pacifism
- Pan-Africanism
- Peace (Johan Galtung, peace research)
- Philosophy
- Polemics
- Political theory
- Positivism (positivist, post-positivism)
- Post-modernism (post-modernist)
- Post-structuralism (post-structuralist)
- Poverty
- Power
- Problem-solving
- Progress
- Proletariat
- Propaganda
- R
- Racism
- Realism (realist)
- Regimes (regime theory)
- Regions (regionalism)
- Representative
- Republic
- Resources
- Revolution
- Ricardo, David (1772–1823)
- Rio Conference/Earth Summit (1992)
- Rogue state
- S
- Science (scientific approach)
- Security
- Smith, Adam (1723–90)
- (New) Social movements
- Socialism (socialist)
- Society
- Socrates (469–399 bc)
- Sovereignty
- Stalin, Josef (1879–1953) (Stalinism)
- State, The
- State of nature
- Status quo
- Strange, Susan (1923–98)
- Strategic studies
- Structuralism (structuralist)
- Sustainability (sustainable development)
- T
- Teleology
- Terrorism (terrorist)
- Text
- Theology
- Theory
- Third World
- Thucydides (c.460–c.395 bc)
- Torture
- Totalitarianism
- Transnationalism
- Trotsky, Leon (1879–1940) (Trotskyism, Trotskyite)
- Truth
- Tyranny (tyrannical)
- U
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- United Nations
- Universalism (universalist)
- Utilitarianism
- Utopia (utopian)
- V
- Violence
- W
- Walker, R. B. J. (1947–)
- Wallerstein, Immanuel (1930–)
- Waltz, Kenneth (1924–2013)
- War
- Weber, Max (1864–1920)
- Wilson, Woodrow (1856–1924)
- Women [entry by Emma Foster]
- Z
- Zero sum
- Bibliography