Human Beings in International Relations

Human Beings in International Relations
Author: Daniel Jacobi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2015-09-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1107116252

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Asks how, why and to what ends humans appear in international relations theories and how this makes us interpret world politics.

Non-Human Nature in World Politics

Non-Human Nature in World Politics
Author: Joana Castro Pereira
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2020-08-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030494969

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This book explores the interconnections between world politics and non-human nature to overcome the anthropocentric boundaries that characterize the field of international relations. By gathering contributions from various perspectives, ranging from post-humanism and ecological modernization, to new materialism and post-colonialism, it conceptualizes the embeddedness of world politics in non-human nature, and proposes a reorientation of political practice to better address the challenges posed by climate change and the deterioration of the Earth’s ecosystems. The book is divided into two main parts, the first of which addresses new ways of theoretically conceiving the relationship between non-human nature and world politics. In turn, the second presents empirical investigations into specific case studies, including studies on state actors and international organizations and bodies. Given its scope and the new perspectives it shares, this edited volume represents a uniquely valuable contribution to the field.

Human Rights in International Relations

Human Rights in International Relations
Author: David P. Forsythe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2006-05-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139451030

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This new edition of David Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in international politics in an age of terrorism. The book focuses on four central themes: the resilience of human rights norms, the importance of 'soft' law, the key role of non-governmental organizations, and the changing nature of state sovereignty. Human rights standards are examined according to global, regional, and national levels of analysis with a separate chapter dedicated to transnational corporations. This second edition has been updated to reflect recent events, notably the creation of the ICC and events in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, and new sections have been added on subjects such as the correlation between world conditions and the fate of universal human rights. Containing chapter-by-chapter guides to further reading and discussion questions, this book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of human rights, and their teachers. David Forsythe received the Distinguished Scholar Award for 2007 from the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association.

Human Nature, Human Beings & International Politics

Human Nature, Human Beings & International Politics
Author: François Fontaneau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2015
Genre: Ethics
ISBN:

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"This thesis is an interdisciplinary work lining the discipline of International Relations with philosophy, and more precisely with moral (or practical) philosophy. It has an overall interest in, and will explore some aspects of, the relationship that exists between certain philosophical notions and reasonings, and the theorising of international relations." -- from Introduction.

International Relations - Volume II

International Relations - Volume II
Author: Jarrod Wiener
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2009-10-30
Genre: International relations
ISBN: 1848260636

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International Relations is a component of Encyclopedia of Institutional and Infrastructural Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme considers the following topics on The Development of International Relations, International Political Economy and International Relations and Contemporary World Issues. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

What Moves Man

What Moves Man
Author: Annette Freyberg-Inan
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0791486354

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The realist theory of international relations is based on a particularly gloomy set of assumptions about universal human motives. Believing people to be essentially asocial, selfish, and untrustworthy, realism counsels a politics of distrust and competition in the international arena. What Moves Man subjects realism to a broad and deep critique. Freyberg-Inan argues, first, that realist psychology is incomplete and suffers from a pessimistic bias. Second, she explains how this bias systematically undermines both realist scholarship and efforts to promote international cooperation and peace. Third, she argues that realism's bias has a tendency to function as a self-fulfilling prophecy: it nurtures and promotes the very behaviors it assumes predominate human nature. Freyberg-Inan concludes by suggesting how a broader and more complex view of human motivation would deliver more complete explanations of international behavior, reduce the risk of bias, and better promote practical progress in the conduct of international affairs.

Political Realism, Freud, and Human Nature in International Relations

Political Realism, Freud, and Human Nature in International Relations
Author: R. Schuett
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2010-05-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 023010908X

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This book provides an important reappraisal of the concept of human nature in contemporary realist international-political theory. Developing a Freudian philosophical anthropology for political realism, he argues for the careful resurrection of the concept of human nature in the wider study of international relations.

Realist Constructivism

Realist Constructivism
Author: J. Samuel Barkin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2010-03-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139484400

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Realism and constructivism, two key contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of international relations, are commonly taught as mutually exclusive ways of understanding the subject. Realist Constructivism explores the common ground between the two, and demonstrates that, rather than being in simple opposition, they have areas of both tension and overlap. There is indeed space to engage in a realist constructivism. But at the same time, there are important distinctions between them, and there remains a need for a constructivism that is not realist, and a realism that is not constructivist. Samuel Barkin argues more broadly for a different way of thinking about theories of international relations, that focuses on the corresponding elements within various approaches rather than on a small set of mutually exclusive paradigms. Realist Constructivism provides an interesting new way for scholars and students to think about international relations theory.

Joy and International Relations

Joy and International Relations
Author: Elina Penttinen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2013-09-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136738401

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This book aims to develop new methodology for the study of international relations (IR) based on joy, informed by current thinking about posthumanism, feminist theory and positive psychology. It examines how the mechanistic-deterministic worldview derived from the Newtonian model has influenced the epistemology and methodology of IR (i.e., the idea that the world is constituted of independent fragments), and seeks ways to develop a new methodology for IR by drawing on the potential of a non-fragmented worldview. The author argues that it is this modern Western view of human beings (or societies) as isolated and separate from the world that prevents IR from finding new solutions to the questions of war and conflict. Drawing upon case studies, testimonies and examples from film, this book instead proposes joy as an alternative methodology for studying IR, exploring the possibility of self-healing in physical and emotional trauma in extreme violent conditions.The author also discusses how posthumanism contributes to positive psychology in understanding happiness and empowerment, and demonstrates how these findings can further widen the study of IR. This book will be of much interest to students of gender studies, war and conflict studies, IR theory and critical security studies.

The Study of International Relations

The Study of International Relations
Author: Hugh C. Dyer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1989-10-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349202754

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This wide-ranging study surveys the present state of international relations as an academic field. It locates and assesses recent developments in the field - in short, what is being done where, by whom, and why. The editors have focused on some central and controversial theoretical issues, and included surveys of principal sub-fields, as well as the various approaches to the study of international relations in different countries. The book provides a comprehensive overview of an important and fast-growing area of academic endeavour, and is essential reading for teachers and students of international politics and the social sciences at large.