PREFACE 1
Chapter One INTRODUCTION 1
What Is International Relations Theory? 1
How is International Relations Theory Formed? 2
Levels of Analysis: A Method for Studying International Relations Theory 3
System Level 5
State Level 7
Individual Level 8
Key Concepts 8
1.Kenneth N.Waltz Man, the State and War 11
2.J.David Singer The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations 28
System Level International Relations Theories 45
Chapter Two REALIST THEORY 45
Introduction 45
Classical Realism 46
Neo-Realism 48
A Critique of Realist Theory 49
Key Concepts 51
3.Thucydides The History of the Peloponnesian War 52
4.Nic colo Machiavelli The Prince 61
5.Edward Hallet Carr The Twenty Years’Crisis 66
6.Hans J.Morgenthau Politics Among Nations 70
7.George Kennan The Sources of Soviet Conduct 83
8.Kenneth N.Waltz Nuclear Myths and Political Realities 96
9.Fareed Zakarla Is Realism Finished? 112
10.Robert W.Tucker Realism and the New Consensus 126
Chapter Three TRANSNATIONALIST THEORY 132
Introduction 133
Institutional Transnationalism 133
Economic Transnationalism 135
A Critique of Transnationalist Theory 138
Key Concepts 140
11.Hugo Grotius On the Law of War and Peace 143
12.Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points 148
13.Hedley Bull The Anarchical Society 151
14.Louis Henkin Influence, Marginality, and Centrality in the International Legal System 164
15.Bruce Russett and James S.Sutterlin The UN in a New World Order 178
16.Joseph S.Nye, Jr.Interdependence and Power 189
17.Robert O.Keohane Cooperation and International Regimes 199
18.Robert B.Reich Who is Us? 211
Chapter 4 CLASS SYSTEM THEORY 226
Introduction 226
Marxism 228
Imperialism 229
Dependency Theory 230
Class System Theory and the End of the Cold War 231
A Critique of Class System Theory 232
Key Concepts 234
19.Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Manifesto of the Communist Party 236
20.John A.Hobson Imperialism 245
21.Vladimir I.Lenin Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism 258
22.Theotonio Dos Santos The Structure of Dependence 262
23.Immanuel Wallerstein The Capitalist World Economy 270
24.Fred Halliday A Singular Collapse: The Soviet Union, Market Pressure and Inter-state Competition 281
State Level International Relations Theories 297
INTRODUCTION 297
Chapter Five POLITICAL CULTURE THEORY 299
Introduction 299
The Regimists 301
The Civilizationists 304
A Critique of Political Culture Theory 305
Key Concepts 306
25.Bruce Russett Controlling the Sword 309
26.Francis Fukuyama The End of History? 320
27.Samuel P.Huntington No Exit:The Errors of Endism 339
28.Samuel P.Huntington The Clash of Civilizations? 349
29.Fouad Ajami The Summoning 361
Chapter Six DECISION-MAKING PROCESS THEORY 368
Introduction 368
Bureaucracies and Decision-Making 369
States and Foreign Policy 370
A Critique of Decision-Making Process Theory 372
Key Concepts 374
30.Richard C.Snyder, H.W.Bruck, and Burton Sapin Foreign Policy Decision -Making 375
31.Graham T.Allison Essence of Decision 385
32.Jack S.Levy Organizational Routines and the Causes of War 411
Individual Level International Relations Theories 439
INTRODUCTION 439
Chapter Seven HUMAN NATURE THEORY 441
Introduction 441
A Critique of Human Nature Theory 443
Key Concepts 444
33.Aristotle The Politics 445
34.Thomas Hobbes Leviathan 447
35.Sigmond Freud Why War? 451
Chapter Eight COGNITIVE THEORY 460
Introduction 460
A Critique of Cognitive Theory 463
Key Concepts 464
36.Harold D.Lasswell World Politics and Personal Insecurity 465
37.Margaret G.Hermann Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior Using thePersonal Characteristics of Political Leaders 468
38.Robert Jervis Perception and Misperception in International Politics 482
39.Mark P.Lagon The Beliefs of Leaders:Perceptual and Ideological Sources of Foreign Policy After the Cold War 499
Chapter Nine FEMINIST THEORY 507
Introduction 507
What is Feminist Theory? 508
Writings in Feminist Theory 510
A Critique of Feminist Theory 511
Key Concepts 512
40.Sandra Whitworth Gender in the Inter -Paradigm Debate 513
41.J.Ann Tickner Hans Morganthau’s Principles of Political Realism:A Feminist Reformulation 521
42.V.Spike Peterson and Ann Sisson Runyan The Gender of World Politics 533
Chapter Ten PEACE STUDIES THEORY 545
Introduction 545
Peace Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to International Relations Theory 546
A Crifique of Peace Studies Theory 549
Key Concepts 550
43.Carolyn M.Stephenson The Evolution of Peace Studies 551
44.Robin J.Crews A Values-Based Approach to Peace Studies 554
45.Arthur Stein The Individual and Global Peace Building:A Transformational Perspective 565