International Politics: How History Modifies Theory / Edition 1

by John M. Owen IV, Richard N. Rosecrance

Overview

Presenting the development of international relations and its theories in a historical narrative spanning 500 years, International Politics: How History Modifies Theory offers a fresh perspective on twenty-first-century world politics. Rather than simply listing IR theories, this text demonstrates that certain theories explain the behavior of world politics better than others based on historical context. Offering a broader and deeper historical perspective than any other text on the market, it demonstrates how history can explain and impact theory development in the field of international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190216092
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/04/2018
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John M. Owen IV is Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. He has held fellowships at Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Oxford universities, the Free University of Berlin, and the Berlin Social Science Research Center, and is a recipient of a Research Prize from the Humboldt Foundation of Bonn, Germany. A former Editor of Security Studies, he is author of Liberal Peace, Liberal War (2000) and The Clash of Ideas in World Politics (2010). He serves on the editorial board of International Security.

Richard N. Rosecrance is Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at UCLA and Senior Fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He studies the trends in autonomy and interdependence in Europe and Asia, most particularly China.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Reformation and the Absolutist State

Chapter 3 Trading Vocations and Domestic Liberties

Chapter 4 Liberalization, Revolution, and Reaction

Chapter 5 Liberalization, Backlash, and the World Crisis

Chapter 6 The World Crisis Continues

Chapter 7 The Cold War: The Liberal International Subsystem Is Institutionalized

Chapter 8 The West's Overbalance of Power and the Globalization of Liberalism

Chapter 9 World Politics Today

Editorial Reviews

"I am highly enthusiastic about International Politics: How History Modifies Theory. I love the deeper historical perspective. The blend of history and theory is both sophisticated yet accessible."
—Ewan Harrison, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

"The authors are preeminent scholars who clearly command expertise in this area. The scholarship is excellent."
—Steve Chan, University of Colorado, Boulder

"This is an interesting project by two very well known and accomplished scholars. We are bereft of works that show the interplay of deep history with theory, and this book fills that void nicely."
—Steve Yetiv, Old Dominion University

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