LEADER 03840oam 2200541 c 450 001 9910372813203321 005 20251202090341.0 010 $a9783866495500 010 $a3866495501 024 7 $a10.3224/84740005 035 $a(CKB)2560000000104306 035 $a(OAPEN)1007712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3117595 035 $a(ScCtBLL)6534311c-84fb-4b10-8747-b62900848836 035 $a(Verlag Barbara Budrich)9783866495500 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6379001 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6379001 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28620 035 $a(Perlego)2329105 035 $a(oapen)doab28620 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000104306 100 $a20251202d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInternational Relations $eA Self-Study Guide to Theory /$fManuela Spindler 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeverkusen$cVerlag Barbara Budrich$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 311 08$a9783847400059 311 08$a3847400053 330 $aThe book is written for active learners ? those keen on cutting their own path through the complex and at times hardly comprehensible world of THEORY in International Relations. To aid this process as much as possible, this book employs the didactical and methodical concept of integrating teaching and self-study. The criteria for structured learning about IR theory will be derived from an extensive discussion of the questions and problems of philosophy of science (Part 1). Theory of IR refers to the scientific study of IR and covers all of the following subtopics: the role and status of theory in the academic discipline of IR; the understanding of IR as a science and what a ""scientific"" theory is; the different assumptions upon which theory building in IR is based; the different types of theoretical constructions and models of explanations found at the heart of particular theories; and the different approaches taken on how theory and the practice of international relations are linked to each other. The criteria for the structured learning process will be applied in Part 2 of the book during the presentation of five selected theories of International Relations. The concept is based on ""learning through example"" ? that is, the five theories have been chosen because, when applying the criteria developed in Part 1 of the book, each single theory serves as an example for something deeply important to learn about THEORY of IR more generally. 330 1 $aThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to theories of international politics and their relevance for the practice therof. Structured as a self-study textbook based on the method of ?exemplary learning,? author Manuela Spindler makes the theory of international relations accessible to anyone. ISBS Advance Information 9/2012 Anders als in der Vielzahl von bisher erhältlichen Büchern geht es in diesem Lehrbuch nicht darum, grundlegend in die verschiedenen Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen einzuführen. Spindler liefert vielmehr ein Begleitwerk zum Selbststudium, das sich an aktiv Lernende richtet und auf einem didaktischen Konzept basiert; es setzt einen gewissen Grad an Selbstorganisation voraus. Pw-portal.de, 27.03.2014 606 $aInternational Relations Theory 606 $aMetatheory 606 $aPhilosophy of science in IR 615 4$aInternational Relations Theory 615 4$aMetatheory 615 4$aPhilosophy of science in IR 700 $aSpindler$b Manuela$cProf. Dr.$4aut$01206599 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910372813203321 996 $aInternational Relations$92783597 997 $aUNINA