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Idealism and realism in international relations : beyond the discipline
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Idealism and realism in international relations : beyond the discipline

Author: Robert M A Crawford
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Series: Routledge advances in international relations and politics, 10.
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"Idealism and Realism in International Relations accepts the premise that idealism and realism form the fundamental axis of contention in the subject. It rejects as mistaken, however, the tendency to treat these visions as "paradigms." Robert Crawford instead conceives them as philosophical faultlines that do not merely divide the field but militate against its depiction as a consolidated academic discipline. The  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert M A Crawford
ISBN: 0415154731 9780415154734
OCLC Number: 42708154
Description: xi, 198 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction: idealism and realism in international relations --
The roots of diversity in political and social theory: competing visions of progress --
From idealism to realism: the myth of progress in international realism theory --
Idealism, realism and national differences: the American case --
Idealism, realism and national differences: the British case --
A discipline pas de comme les autres? International resolution and the "real" problem of theoretical pluralism.
Series Title: Routledge advances in international relations and politics, 10.
Responsibility: Robert M.A. Crawford.
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The author argues for a revised conception of international relations that acknowledges the irreconcilability of realist and idealist theories and concerns itself instead with important substantive  Read more...

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