In this volume, Richard Ned Lebow introduces his own constructivist theory of political order and international relations based on theories of motives and identity formation drawn from the ancient Greeks. His theory stresses the human need for self-esteem, and shows how it influences political behavior at every level of social aggregation. Lebow develops ideal-type worlds assoc...(展开全部)

In this volume, Richard Ned Lebow introduces his own constructivist theory of political order and international relations based on theories of motives and identity formation drawn from the ancient Greeks. His theory stresses the human need for self-esteem, and shows how it influences political behavior at every level of social aggregation. Lebow develops ideal-type worlds assoc...(展开全部)

Inevitably enemies by position and by the incompatibility of their ideologies, the United States and the Soviet Union have a common interest not in ruling together over the world, but in not destroying each other. This book reflects on the problems of attaining peace. Part One deals with theory, the concepts and systems of international relations. Part Two investigates the soci...(展开全部)

查尔斯·贝兹（Charles Beitz），美国艺术与科学院院士，美国普林斯顿大学政治学教授，普林斯顿人类价值研究中心主任；《哲学与公共事务》杂志、《国际伦理学》杂志和《法律、经济学与哲学》杂志编委。其主要研究领域为国际政治理论、民主理论、人权理论和法律理论；主要著作有：《政治理论与国际关系》、《政治平等》、《人权的理念》等。贝兹教授曾荣获古根海姆、洛克菲勒和麦克阿瑟基金以及美国学术团体协会和美国教育委员会研究基金。

In this revised edition of his 1979 classic "Political Theory and International Relations", Charles Beitz rejects two highly influential conceptions of international theory as empirically inaccurate and theoretically misleading. In one, international relations is a Hobbesian state of nature in which moral judgments are entirely inappropriate, and in the other, states are analog...(展开全部)

Realism and constructivism, two key contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of international relations, are commonly taught as mutually exclusive ways of understanding the subject. Realist Constructivism explores the common ground between the two, and demonstrates that, rather than being in simple opposition, they have areas of both tension and overlap. There is indeed...(展开全部)

Dougherty, James, Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Robert L., Contending Theories of International Relations: A Comprehensive Survey, 5th Edition*\ The most comprehensive and inclusive survey and synthesis available on the subject, this book makes the rich, ever-evolving complexity of IR theories accessible and fascinating for readers. Widely acclaimed for its vast scope, engaging writi...(展开全部)

Theory of International Politics is a 1979 international relations theory book, written by Kenneth Waltz that elaborated a new theory, the neorealist theory of international relations, and surpassed the cognitive limitations of the past. Taking into account the influence of neoclassical economic theory, Waltz argued that the fundamental "ordering principle" (p. 88) of the inter...(展开全部)

肯尼思·华尔兹，1924年6月生于美国密执安州安阿伯，1950年和1954年在哥伦比亚大学分别获得政治学硕士和博士学位，先后在哥伦比亚大学、加州大学伯克利分校等校任教。曾担任美国对外政策委员会委员、美国政治学会会长等职，并荣获“詹姆斯·麦迪逊政治科学杰出学术贡献奖”。1994年退休，为加州大学伯克利分校政治学系终身荣誉教授。其主要著作有《人、国家与战争》（1959），《对外政策和民主政治》（1967），《国际政治理论》（1979）。其中《国际政治理论》一书自出版以来便被誉为“当代经典”，迄今为止是国际关系学界影响最大、引用率最高的著作。