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Autore |
Smith Thomas W. <1962-, > |
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Titolo |
History and international relations / / Thomas W. Smith |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-68337-5 |
1-134-68338-3 |
0-415-75742-8 |
1-280-06699-7 |
0-203-20124-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (239 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in international relations and politics ; ; 9 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International relations |
History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-217) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; History and International Relations; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The historical problem in international relations; 3. History, contingency, and the roots o f realism : Reinhold Niebuhr and E. H . Carr; 4. History, analogy, and policy realism : Hans J . Morgenthau and George F. Kennan; 5. The poverty of a historicism : Kenneth N . Waltz and neorealist theory; 6. "The importance of being scientific" : J . David Singer and the Correlates of War; 7. Exit from history? Postmodern international relations |
8. Conclusion: history, skepticism , and the recovery of theory Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical realism to quantitative and postmodern work. |
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