Explaining and Understanding International Relations

✍ Scribed by Martin Hollis & Steve Smith

• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 118
• Edition: First Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A collaboration between a philosopher and an international relations scholar, this work examines the philosophical issues that underlie the theory of international relations. Part I focuses on the dominant theories of Idealism, Realism, and Behavioralism, and Part II examines the international system, the state, bureaucracies, and the individual--four factors commonly assumed to account for international behavior. The authors conclude with a summary of the links between the two forms of analysis and an open-ended assessment of their relative merits which will stimulate further discussion.