European Approaches to International Relations Theory: A House with Many Mansions

Jörg Friedrichs9780415332651, 0415332656, 0203495551, 9780203495551, 9780203602478

”In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Jörg Friedrichs makes a plea for the development of a ‘Eurodiscipline’ of International Relations (IR). In Friedrichs’ view, such a ‘Eurodiscipline’ would be an effective way of counterbalancing American hegemony in IR and developing a much more pluralistic and self-reflexive approach.…The discussion of the American hegemony in IR, as well as the French, Italian and Nordic strategies, is a delight to read – informed and informative, persuasive and with an eye for the broader connections between IR and developments in other disciplines. Indeed, this part of the book should become standard reading for anyone studying IR,supplemented by studies of the development of IR in other national contexts, including those outside Western Europe.”

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Series editor’s preface……Page 9
Preface……Page 11
Acknowledgements……Page 16
1 International Relations still an American social science……Page 18
2 International Relations theory in France: three generations of Parisian intellectual pride……Page 46
3 International Relations theory in Italy: between academic parochialism and intellectual adjustment……Page 64
4 International Relations theory in the Nordic countries: from fragmentation to multi level research cooperation……Page 82
5 Third way or via media? The international society approach of the English school……Page 106
6 Middle ground or halfway house? Social constructivism and the theory of European integration……Page 122
7 The meaning of new medievalism an exercise in theoretical reconstruction……Page 144
Epilogue……Page 163
Notes……Page 167
Bibliography……Page 178
Index……Page 216