Guzzini, Stefano.

Power realism and constructivism/ Stefano Guzzini. - New York: Routledge, 2013. - xvi, 341 p. ; 24 cm. - New international relations. .

Introduction

Part I: Power 1. Structural Power: The Limits of Neorealist Power Analysis

2. The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory

3. From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique

4. Constructivism and International Relations: an analysis of Niklas Luhmann's conceptualisation of power

5. Power analysis in Bourdieu

Part II:

Realism 6. The enduring dilemmas of realism in International Relations

7. The Different Worlds of Realism in International Relations

8. Foreign Policy without diplomacy: the Bush administration at a crossroads

9. Robert Gilpin: A Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power


10. Strange's oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent

Part III: Constructivism

11. A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations

12. The concept of power: a constructivist analysis

13. 'The Cold War is what we make of it': when peace research meets constructivism in International Relations

14. Wendt's constructivism: a relentless quest for synthesis' with Anna Leander

15. Imposing coherence: the central role of practice in Friedrich Kratochwil's theorising of politics, international relations and science Epilogue: The significance and roles of teaching theory in International Relations


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Power (Social sciences)
Constructivism (Philosophy)
Realism

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