180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1998, this volume deals with the explanation of international politics and foreign policy. Levels of explanation and their interrelationships offer the book’s structure. Based on critiques of major IR approaches, a ‘bottom-up’ instead of a systemic ‘top-down’ perspective (Waltz) is advocated, but without falling prey to reductionism explaining international politics from... Read more
1. Introduction. 2. The Argument. 3. IR Theory: A Critical Evaluation. 4. The Preferred Mode of Explanation: A Further Presentation. 5. Testing Theories. 6. Salient Environment and Domestic Explanatory Factors: The Nature of the Interplay. 7. Two Illustrations of Interplay. 8. The Role of International Organizations. 9. Theory and Reality of International Politics.
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Hans Mouritzen
