Power, Realism and Constructivism (Hardcover)

Introduction Part I: Power  1. Structural Power: The Limits of Neorealist Power Analysis  2. The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory  3. From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique  4. Constructivism and International Relations: an analysis of Niklas Luhmann’s conceptualisation of power  5. Power analysis in Bourdieu  Part II: Realism  6. The enduring dilemmas of realism in International Relations  7. The Different Worlds of Realism in International Relations  8. Foreign Policy without diplomacy: the Bush administration at a crossroads  9. Robert Gilpin: A Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power  10. Strange’s oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent  Part III: Constructivism  11. A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations  12. The concept of power: a constructivist analysis  13. 'The Cold War is what we make of it’: when peace research meets constructivism in International Relations  14. Wendt’s constructivism: a relentless quest for synthesis’ with Anna Leander  15. Imposing coherence: the central role of practice in Friedrich Kratochwil’s theorising of politics, international relations and science  Epilogue: The significance and roles of teaching theory in International Relations