Key Concepts in International Relations

Thomas Diez, Ingvild Bode, Aleksandra Fernandes da Costa

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9781412928489, 9781412928472
• eBook ISBN: 9781446243497
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politica e relazioni internazionali
• Subtopic: Relazioni internazionali

International relations is a vibrant field of significant growth and change. This book guides students through the complexities of the major theories of international relations and the debates that surround them, the core theoretical concepts, and the key contemporary issues. Introduced by an overview of the discipline?s development and general structure, the more than 40 entries are broken down as follows:

Parts one and two introduce the key theories and each chapter includes:

• A broad overview
• A discussion of methodologies
• A review of empirical applications
• A guide to further reading and useful websites

Part three discusses the major concepts and for each concept provides:

• An introduction to the core questions
• An overview of the definitions and theoretical perspectives
• A review of empirical problems
• Links to other entries, further reading and useful websites

Clear and highly readable, Key Concepts in International Relations is an essential guide for students on politics and international relations courses.

index

accountability 77, 165

Adler, Emanuel 199, 201, 202

agency 3, 137, 209–210, 212, 214

arms race 69, 134

Ashley, Richard 4, 170

balancing 6–9, 181–185

bandwagoning 8, 86, 185

Barnett, Michael 36, 174, 175, 177, 199, 201, 202

Bellamy, Alex J. 202

Betts, Alexander 147, 148

bipolarity 7, 181, 183

Booth, Ken 205, 207, 227

borders 221–224

and conflicts 17, 124, 203

and cosmopolitanism 107, 140

and foreign policy 62

and globalization 188, 219

and pollution 83

Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce 71

Bull, Hedley 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 35, 75, 121, 122, 223

Burton, John W. 11, 13, 14

Butterfield, Herbert 205, 206

Buzan, Barry 3, 85, 174, 194, 195, 196

Campbell, David 61, 62, 170

capabilities

distribution of 181, 183

national 7, 9, 86, 183–184

of non-state actors 77

and power 118, 173–175, 177, 185

capitalism 23, 24, 48, 49, 54, 80, 130, 137, 138

Cardoso, Fernando Henrique 23, 135

Carr, E.H. 110, 153, 180, 217

causal 18, 19, 100, 115, 156, 176

analysis 103, 17...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• How to Use This Book
• Anarchy
• Balance of Power
• Conflict Resolution
• Democratic Peace
• Dependency
• (International) Development
• Diplomacy
• Discourse
• Empire
• Theory Concept: Feminism and Gender
• Foreign Policy Analysis
• Functionalism
• Game Theory
• Global Governance
• Globalization
• Hegemony
• Human Rights
• Humanitarian Intervention
• Ideas and Norms
• International Ethics
• International Law
• International Regimes
• International Society
• Levels of Analysis
• Theory Concept: Liberalism and Neoliberalism
• Theory Concept: Marxism and Critical Theory
• Migration
• Nationalism and Ethnicity
• Peace and War
• Peacekeeping
• Theory Concept: Postmodernism and Poststructuralism
• Power
• Theory Concept: Realism and Neorealism
• Regional Integration
• Security
• Security Community
• Security Dilemma
• Theory Concept: Social Constructivism
• Sovereignty
• Territoriality and Borders
• Terrorism
• References
• Index