The power of power of politics: from classical realism to neotraditionalism/ John A. Vasquez
Material type: TextSeries: (Cambridge studies in international relations) ; 63Publication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998Description: xv, 448 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521442350Subject(s): Balance of power--Research | International relations--Research | Balance of power | International relationsDDC classification: 327.1072Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University (Yangang Campus) General Book Section | 327.1072 VAS/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P02183 |
pt. I. The Original Text: Classical Realism and Quantitative International Politics.
1. The role of paradigms in scientific inquiry: a conceptual framework and a set of principles for paradigm evaluation.
2. The role of the realist paradigm in the development of a scientific study of international relations.
3. Research design: defining and operationalizing the realist paradigm.
4. Theory construction as a paradigm-directed activity.
5. Data making as a paradigm-directed activity.
6. Research as a paradigm-directed activity.
7. Evaluation: the adequacy of the realist paradigm.
8. Theory and research in the 1970s: the emerging anomalies --
pt. II. Neorealism and Neotraditionalism: International Relations Theory at the Millennium.
9. Retrospective: neorealism and the power of power politics.
10. The promise and potential pitfalls of post-modernism: the need for theory appraisal.
11. The realist paradigm as a degenerating research program: neotraditionalism and Waltz's balancing proposition.
12. Mearsheimer's multipolar myths and the false promise of realist policy prescriptions: the empirical inaccuracy of the realist paradigm.
13. Challenging the relevance and explanatory power of the realist paradigm: the debate on the end of the Cold War.
14. Conclusion: the continuing inadequacy of the realist paradigm.
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