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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825903803321

Autore

Friedman Gil <1966, >

Titolo

Agency, structure, and international politics : from ontology to empirical inquiry / / Gil Friedman, Harvey Starr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-74371-8

1-134-74372-6

1-280-10998-X

0-585-45300-4

0-203-44256-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge advances in international relations and politics ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

StarrHarvey

Disciplina

327.1/01

Soggetti

International relations - Philosophy

International relations - Methodology

International relations - Social aspects

Agent (Philosophy)

Structuralism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; INTRODUCTION: AGENCY, STRUCTURE, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS EXPLANATION; THE ONTOLOGICAL AGENT-STRUCTURE PROBLEM; A CRITIQUE OF NEOREALISM AND ITS CRITICS; THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL AGENT-STRUCTURE PROBLEM; SOME THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALIST APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; TOWARD A THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS VALUES; CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION OF VALUES UNDERLYING INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; CONCLUSION; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first in depth study of the concepts of agency and structure in the context of international relations and politics. It is an important contribution to the study of international relations and politics.