Relations Theory

1 I EDITED BYSTEPHEN McGLINCHEY, ROSIE WALTERS & CHRISTIAN SCHEINPFLUGI nternational Relations Theory This e-book is provided without charge via free download by E- international Relations ( ). It is not permitted to be sold in electronic format under any circumstances. If you enjoy our free e-books, please consider leaving a small donation to allow us to continue investing in open access publications: i In the plethora of textbooks on IR almost none depart from playing it safe , giving forms of instruction in the rudiments of established theories. The great breakout of this volume is its entire second half of proposing quite radical new ways of looking at the world. The book is both safe and unsafe and in both it is sometimes witty in a way that students will savour learning what IR is, and what it could be.

2 A lovely book in which even the doyens of old IR are sometimes bold. Stephen Chan OBE, Professor of World Politics, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. This rich volume offers a highly accessible and exceptionally broad-ranging introduction to the field of international Relations Theory . In 20 short chapters the book provides a highly readable and comprehensive overview of core theoretical frameworks ranging from mainstream realism and liberalism all the way to queer Theory and critical geography. By placing each Theory in context, and by providing a wealth of easily graspable examples, the book provides one-stop shopping for the full range of theoretical frameworks and concepts along with welcome attention to non-western perspectives.

3 An excellent place to start. Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Senior University Lecturer in international Relations at Cambridge University. This is a superb book. It offers a comprehensive listing that is imaginatively presented and enormously accessible. Helpfully, too, it takes the form of a global conversation. IR Theory at its sparkling best. Peter Vale, Professor of Humanities, University of Johannesburg; Professor of public Policy and Global Affairs, Nanyang Technological University and Nelson Mandela Professor of Politics Emeritus, Rhodes international Relations TheoryEDITED BY STEPHEN MCGLINCHEY, ROSIE WALTERS & CHRISTIAN SCHEINPFLUGiiiE- international Relations Bristol, England 2017 ISBN 978-1-910814-19-2 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-910814-20-8 (e-book)This book is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC license.

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8 REALISMS andrina Antunes & Isabel Camis o 152. LIBERALISMJ effrey W. Meiser 223. THE ENGLISH SCHOOLY annis A. Stivachtis 284. CONSTRUCTIVISMS arina Theys 365. MARXISMMa a Pal 426. CRITICAL THEORYM arcos Farias Ferreira 497. POSTSTRUCTURALISMA ishling Mc Morrow 568. FEMINISMS arah Smith 629. POSTCOLONIALISMS heila Nair 6910. TOWARDS A GLOBAL IR?Amitav Acharya 76viiiContentsPART TWO EXPANSION PACK11. GREEN THEORYHugh C. Dyer 8412. GLOBAL JUSTICEAlix Dietzel 9113. QUEER THEORYM arkus Thiel 9714. SECURITISATION THEORYC lara Eroukhmanoff 10415. CRITICAL GEOGRAPHYI rena Leisbet Ceridwen Connon & Archie W. Simpson 11016. ASIAN PERSPECTIVESP ichamon Yeophantong 11717. GLOBAL SOUTH PERSPECTIVES Lina Benabdallah, Victor Adetula & Carlos Murillo-Zamora 12518. INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVESJeff Corntassel & Marc Woons 13119.

9 A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE ON REALISMF elix R sch & Richard Ned Lebow 13820. THE ISMS ARE EVIL. ALL HAIL THE ISMS !Alex Prichard 145 REFERENCES 153 NOTE ON INDEXING 166ixInternational Relations TheoryContributors Victor Adetula is Head of Research at the Nordic Africa institute , Uppsala, Sweden and Professor of international Relations and Development Studies at the University of Jos, Nigeria. Amitav Acharya is Distinguished Professor of international Relations and the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance at American University, Antunes is an Assistant Professor at the Department of international Relations and public Administration at the Universidade do Minho, Portugal and a Scientific Fellow at the Center for the Study of Politics, Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Benabdallah is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University, Camis o is an Assistant Professor of international Relations at the University of vora, Leisbet Ceridwen Connon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Human Geography at the University of Dundee.

10 Corntassel is an Associate Professor and Director of Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is a citizen of the Cherokee Dietzel is a Lecturer in Global Ethics at the University of Bristol, UK. Hugh C. Dyer is an Associate Professor of World Politics at the University of Leeds, Eroukhmanoff is a Lecturer in international Relations at London South Bank University, Marcos Farias Ferreira is a Lecturer in international Relations at the University of Lisbon and Instituto Universit rio de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Estudos Internacionais, Gold is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ned Lebow is a Professor of international Political Theory at King s College London, UK, Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, UK and the James O.