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'The Social Evolution of International Politics' critically engages with all the key grand theories of international politics and provides interesting solutions to some of the 'great debates' between those theories, from realism and neoliberalism, to the English School and constr...

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Main Author: Tang, Shiping, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Political science > Philosophy > History.
Political sociology.
Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences.
Sociologie politique.
Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences
Political science > Philosophy
Political sociology
Political Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political Science Theory.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Preparing the ground. Introduction: why an evolutionary approach toward IR?
  • 1. From biological evolution to social evolution
  • Part II. The systematic transformation of international politics. 2. Paradise Lost and paradigm gained: the making of the offensive realism world
  • 3. From Mearsheimer to Jervis
  • 4. A more rule-based international system unfolding
  • Part III. Implications and conclusion. 5. International politics as an evolutionary system.