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Routledge Key Guides: Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations by Steven C. Roach, M. Scott Solomon and Martin Griffiths (2009, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-10041577571X

ISBN-139780415775717

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages406 Pages

Publication NameFifty Key Thinkers in International Relations

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

SubjectInternational Relations / General, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science

AuthorSteven C. Roach, M. Scott Solomon, Martin Griffiths

SeriesRoutledge Key Guides

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsPraise for the first edition: 'Fills a large gap in the literature and is sure to be widely used. Routledge and Martin Griffiths should be widely applauded for producing such an excellent anthology.' - Andrew Linklater, Keele University, 'Especially helpful for students attempting to gain a sense of the scope and diversity of thinking in contemporary International Relations, this text is a compendium of some of the field's most influential theorists along with clear, accessible, and thoughtfully contextualizedsummaries of their most important insights.Despite their brevity and concision, individual chapters include not just synopses and assessments of these thinkers' contributions, but also bibliographic references to their most important works, and to those of their interpreters and critics. This book is a fine launching point for thoughtful engagement with the broad field of IR.' - Mark Rupert, Syracuse University, USA, 'Especially helpful for students attempting to gain a sense of the scope and diversity of thinking in contemporary International Relations, this text is a compendium of some of the field's most influential theorists along with clear, accessible, and thoughtfully contextualized summaries of their most important insights. Despite their brevity and concision, individual chapters include not just synopses and assessments of these thinkers' contributions, but also bibliographic references to their most important works, and to those of their interpreters and critics. This book is a fine launching point for thoughtful engagement with the broad field of IR.' - Mark Rupert, Syracuse University, USA, 'Especially helpful for students attempting to gain a sense of the scope and diversity of thinking in contemporary International Relations, this text is a compendium of some of the field's most influential theorists along with clear, accessible, and thoughtfully contextualized summaries of their most important insights. Despite their brevity and concision, individual chapters include not just synopses and assessments of these thinkers' contributions, but also bibliographic references to their most important works, and to those of their interpreters and critics. This book is a fine launching point for thoughtful engagement with the broad field of IR.'- Mark Rupert, Syracuse University, USA

Dewey Decimal327.10922

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

Table Of ContentPreface. Introduction. REALISM. Robert Gilpin. Edward Hallet Carr. Samuel Huntington. George Kennan. John Mearsheimer. Hans Morgenthau. Kenneth Waltz. LIBERALISM. Michael Doyle. Karl Deutsch. Francis Fukuyama. David Held. Stanley Hoffmann. Robert O. Keohane. CONSTRUCTIVISM. Emmanuel Adler. Christain Reus-Smit. Friedrich Kratochwil. John Gerard Ruggie. Alexander Wendt. CRITICAL THEORY. Robert Cox. Andre Gunder Frank. Stephen Gill. Antonio Gramsci. Jurgen Habermas. Andrew Linklater. Steve Smith. ENGLISH SCHOOL. Hedley Bull. Barry Buzan. John Vincent. Tim Dunne. Martin Wight. POSTMODERNISM. Richard Ashley. James DerDerian. David Campbell. Michel Foucault. Robert B. J. Walker. FEMINISM. Judith Butler. Cynthia Enloe. Christine Sylvester. J. Ann Tickner. Cynthia Weber. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL THEORY/INTERNATIONAL ETHICS. Daniele Archibugi. Charles Beitz. Chris Brown. Terry Nardin. John Rawls. HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY. Anthony Giddens. Michael Mann. Justin Rosenberg. Charles Tilly. Immanuel Wallerstein. Guide to Further Reading. Index.

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LC Classification NumberJZ1305G76 2008