Stefano Guzzini (ed.)

Constructivism and International Relations

Alexander Wendt and his critics
Herausgeber: Guzzini, Stefano; Leander, Anna

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses both Wendt's social theory and international relations theory, exploring a variety of constructivist debates without reducing constructivism to one single position.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415411202
• ISBN-10: 0415411203
• Artikelnr.: 21661412

Autorenporträt

Stefano Guzzini received his doctorate from the European University Institute, Florence. He is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies and Professor in the Department of Government at Uppsala University, Sweden. Anna Leander is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, and Associate Professor of International Political Economy at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. The Constructivist Challenge to Structural Realism: A Review
Essay 2 Constructing a New Orthodoxy? Wendt's 'Social Theory of
International Politics' and the Constructivist Challenge 3. Grand Theory in
the Age of its Impossibility: Contemplations on Alexander Wendt 4. Wendt,
IR and Philosophy: a critique 5. Wendt's constructivism: a relentless quest
for synthesis 6. Constructivism and Identity: A Dangerous Liaison 7.
Endogenizing Corporate Identities: The Next Step in Constructivist IR
Theory 8. Reflexivity and structural change 9. No place for politics?
Truth, Progress and the Neglected Role of Diplomacy in Wendt's Theory of
History 10. Social Theory as Cartesian Science: An Auto-Critique from a
Quantum Perspective