LEADER 03523nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910821752603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-91374-5 010 $a1-134-91375-3 010 $a1-280-32775-8 010 $a0-203-16216-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203162163 035 $a(CKB)111056485514168 035 $a(EBL)179930 035 $a(OCoLC)437082482 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000233402 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202461 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233402 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233955 035 $a(PQKB)11469889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179930 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179930 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10060610 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32775 035 $a(OCoLC)50754079 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485514168 100 $a19911223d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRealism, idealism, and international politics $ea reinterpretation /$fMartin Griffiths 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1992 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of British Columbia. 311 $a1-138-00657-2 311 $a0-415-06971-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 192-199) and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; Meaning and language; The duality of international theory; Conclusion; 2 A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS: REALISM VERSUS IDEALISMS; Reality: heterogeneity versus homogeneity; The dialectical nature of reality; Idealisms: nostalgia, complacency and imagination; Conclusion; 3 HANS MORGENTHAU: THEORY AS TRUTH; The autonomy of power in international politics; Politics among nations; The rejuvenation of statecraft; 4 HANS MORGENTHAU: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS; International politics as power politics; Explanation versus prescription 327 $aConclusion5 KENNETH WALTZ: THEORY AS SCIENCE; Anarchy as structure: structure as selector; Laws, theories and the philosophy of science; Description and prescription; 6 KENNETH WALTZ: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS; Science versus international politics; Morgenthau redux; Legitimizing the status quo; 7 HEDLEY BULL: THEORY AS TRADITION; The anarchical society; The heterogeneity of international politics; Tradition versus science; Explanation and prescription; 8 HEDLEY BULL: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS; Old bottles, new wine; Conclusion; 9 CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aInternational relations is a discipline dominated by the debate between the realist and idealist paradigms. This book provides the most comprehensive critical review of the realist tradition to date. The dominant realist tradition in the study of international politics explains interstate behaviour in terms of the fundamental difference between domestic' and international' forms of government. This approach underlies the grim view that, beyond the borders of sovereign presence, politics is not about potential moral progress, but survival. This book argues that political realism is not a mea 606 $aInternational relations 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a327 700 $aGriffiths$b Martin$f1961-$0144572 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821752603321 996 $aRealism, idealism and international politics$94062176 997 $aUNINA