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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461588903321

Autore

Paul T. V.

Titolo

International relations theory and regional transformation / / edited by T.V. Paul [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-33449-2

1-107-23128-0

1-280-39364-5

9786613571564

1-139-33794-7

1-139-09683-4

1-139-34039-5

1-139-33707-6

1-139-34197-9

1-139-33881-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

327.101

Soggetti

Regionalism

Regionalism (International organization)

International relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Regional transformation in international relations / T.V. Paul -- How regions were made, and the legacies for world politics: an English school reconnaissance / Barry Buzan -- Realism and neorealism in the study of regional conflict / Dale C. Copeland -- Neoclassical realism and the study of regional order / Jeffrey W. Taliaferro -- Economic interdependence and regional peace / John M. Owen IV -- Regional organizations à la carte: the effects of institutional elasticity / Stephanie C. Hofmann and Frédéric Mérand -- Transforming regional security through liberal reforms / John R. Oneal -- Ideas, norms, and regional orders / Amitav Acharya -- Regional security practices and Russian-Atlantic relations / Vincent Pouliot -- The transformation of



modern Europe: banalities of success / John A. Hall -- Top-down peacemaking: why peace begins with states and not societies / Norrin M. Ripsman -- Strategies and mechanisms of regional change / Stéfanie von Hlatky.

Sommario/riassunto

Regional transformation has emerged as a major topic of research during the past few decades, much of it seeking to understand how a region changes into a zone of conflict or cooperation and how and why some regions remain in perpetual conflict. Although the leading theoretical paradigms of international relations have something to say about regional order, a comprehensive treatment of this subject is missing from the literature. This book suggests that cross-paradigmatic engagement on regional orders can be valuable if it can generate theoretically innovative, testable propositions and policy-relevant ideas. The book brings together scholars from the dominant IR perspectives aiming to explain the regional order issue through multidimensional and multi-causal pathways and seeking meeting points between them. Using insights from IR theory, the contributors offer policy-relevant ideas which may benefit conflict-ridden regions of the world.