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Theories of International Relations

by Scott Burchill, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak, Jack Donnelly, Terry Nardin, Matthew Paterson, Christian Reus-Smit, Jacqui True · Various

Edited survey in which specialists each present one theoretical tradition: realism, liberalism, the English School, Marxism, constructivism, critical theory, postmodernism, feminism, green theory. Lets you compare the assumptions and criticisms of each school side by side.

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