Realism and the Balancing of Power : A New Debate (Prentice Hall Studies in International Relations)

Realism and the Balancing of Power : A New Debate (Prentice Hall Studies in International Relations)

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 336 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780130908667
  • DDC分類 327.101

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For upper-level undergraduate courses in International Relations and graduate-level courses in International Relations Theory Field Surveys.Unique in approach, this text explores all aspects of an important scholarly debate over whether the contemporary theory of the balance of power as presented by Kenneth Waltz is a scientifically acceptable theory. This text allows students to examine and analyze the different views (in their original form) by all those in the debate and to come to their own conclusions. Part I presents the initial debate, including reprinted material. Parts II and III feature original pieces where scholars from different views review the debate. The resulting analyses, along with the initial exchanges, provide varying answers to the theoretical, empirical, and philosophy of science questions raised by the debate.

Contents

1.IntroductionI. THE INITIAL DEBATE. 2. The Realist Paradigm and Degenerative versus Progressive Research Programs: An Appraisal of Neotraditional Research on Waltz's Balancing Proposition, John Vasquez. 3. Evaluating Theories, Kenneth N. Waltz. 5. Progressive Research on Degenerate Alliances, Thomas J. Christensen and Jack Snyder. 6. New Realist Research on Alliances: Refining, Not Refuting, Waltz's Balancing Proposition, Randall Schweller. 7. Lakatos and Neorealism: A Reply to Vasquez, Colin Elman and Miriam Fendius Elman. 8. The New Debate on Balancing Power: A Reply to My Critics, John Vasquez. II. NEW CONTRIBUTIONS 9. Why Realism Does Not Work Well for International History (Whether or Not It Represents a Degenerate IR Research Strategy), Paul W. Schroeder. 10. Balances and Balancing: Concepts, Propositions, and Research Design, Jack S. Levy. 11. Is There a Balance of Power, Richard Rosecrance. 12. Neorealism's Logic and Evidence: When Is a Theory Falsified?, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. 13. Paradoxical Functions of International Alliances: Does Regime Type Make a Difference?, Zeev Maoz. 14. Alliances, Balances of Threat, and Neorealism: The Accidental Coup, Michael Barnett. 15. Measuring Power-and the Power of Theories, William C. Wohlforth. 16. The Natural and Necessary Evolution of Structural Realism, Charles L. Glaser. III. CONCLUSIONS 17. Closing Dialogue, Colin Elman and John Vasquez. Combined References.