International Relations in Europe - Traditions, Perspectives and Destinations
JORGENSEN Knud Erik , KNUDSEN Tonny Brems
Product details
- Categories: External Relations
- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Collection: Routledge Advances in International Relations & Global Politics
- ISBN: 9780415359832
- Publication Date: 08/03/2006
- Binding: Hardback
- Number of pages: 304
- Language: English
Summary
A new and illuminating critical examination of international relations in Europe.
This new volume presents all of the state of the art thinking, focusing particularly on international relations theory and theoretical debates in Western and Central European countries.
The contributors seek to strengthen knowledge about different ways of cultivating the discipline; to intensify pan-European communication concerning IR theory; to contribute to improving the quality of theorizing; and finally to consider future directions for the discipline in Europe. The main issues addressed include: the historical development of the discipline; factors driving IR theorizing; the institutional and cultural context of theorizing; 'homegrown' theory-building vs. theory import; patterns of traditional and new discourse; and the diversity of disciplinary traditions.
Table of contents
1. Introduction
Part 1: Countries and Regions
2. France
3. Italy
4. Germany
5. Spain
6. Scandinavia
7. United Kingdom
8. Czech Republic
Part 2: Cross-Cutting Perspective
9. Culture in International Relations
10. Approaches to IR: The Relationship between Anglo-Saxon Historiography and Cross-Community Comparisons
11. Continental IR Theory
12. Epilogue