1st Edition

International Relations Theory

By Mykola Kapitonenko Copyright 2022
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

This textbook shows how to think about international relations and offers insights into its most important theories and issues. Written from beyond the Anglo-US academic environment, with attention to regional nuances, it teaches students to perceive international politics in an organized and theoretical way, thus helping them grasp the complexity of the subject and see simple ways of making... Read more

Introduction: What Is International Relations and Why Study Them?

Chapter 1. (Ir)rationality of International Politics

Chapter 2. Realism

Chapter 3. Is It All about Power?

Chapter 4. Neoliberalism

Chapter 5. English School

Chapter 6. Institutionalism

Chapter 7. Constructivism

Chapter 8. Marxism and Neo-Marxism

Chapter 9. Critical Theories

Chapter 10. Feminism

Chapter 11. Non-Western Approaches

What’s Next? An Epilogue

Biography

Mykola Kapitonenko, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. He is also a Director of the Center of International Studies, an NGO, specializing in regional security studies and foreign policy of Ukraine. He has been invited as a visiting professor to the University of Iowa, and has taught at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Since 2015, Mykola has been co-editing UA: Ukraine Analytica. In 2012 he was a winner of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology.