The Puzzles of Politics : Inquiries into the Genesis and Transformation of International Relations (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: An Intellectual Biography  Part 1 Defining the Approach  2. The Human Conception of International Relations  3. On the Notion in International Relations  4. Sovereignty, Property and Propriety: the Generative of Modernity  Part 2 Writings on International Law  5. Thrasymmachos Revisited: On the Relevance of Norms and the Study of Law  6. The Limits of Contract  7. Has the Rule of Law become a Rule of Lawyers?  Part 3 Writings on Epistemology  8. Constructing a New Orthodoxy? Wendt’s Social Theory of International Politics  9. History, Action and Identity: Revisiting the Great Debate and Assessing its Importance for Social Theory  10. Then Points to Ponder about Pragmatism: Some Critical Reflections on Knowledge Generation in the Social Sciences  Part 4 Drawing Boundaries: the Inter/External and the Private/Public Nexus  11. Of Systems and Boundaries: An Inquiry into the Formation of the State System  12. The Politics of Place and Origin: An Enquiry into the Chasing Boundaries of Representation and Legitimacy  13. Global Governance and the Emergence of World Society