1st Edition

International Relations in a Constructed World

By Vendulka Kubalkova Copyright 1998
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Explores the application of constructivist theory to international relations. The text examines the relevance of constructivism for empirical research, focusing on some of the key issues of contemporary international politics: ethnic and national identity; gender; and political economy.

Preface; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Constructing Constructivism, Vendulka Kubálková, Nicholas Onuf, Paul Kowert; Part 2 Constructivism in Context; Chapter 2 The Twenty Years’ Catharsis: E.H. Carr and IR, Vendulka Kubálková; Chapter 3 Constructivism: A User’s Manual, Nicholas Onuf; Chapter 4 What Is at Stake in the Agent-Structure Debate?, Harry D. Gould; Part 3 International Relations Under Construction; Chapter 5 Agent versus Structure in the Construction of National Identity, Paul Kowert; Chapter 6 Feminist Struggle as Social Construction: Changing the Gendered Rules of Home-Based Work, Elisabeth Prügl; Chapter 7 Internet Governance Goes Global, Craig Simon; Part 4 Construction in the Academy; Chapter 8 Remodeling International Relations: New Tools from New Science?, Henry L. Hamman; Chapter 9 Reconstructing the Discipline: Scholars as Agents, Vendulka Kubálková;

Biography

Vendulka Kubálková, Paul Kowert, Nicholas Onuf