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INTERNATIONAL - RELATIONS THEORY (2) answer(s).
 
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International politics in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ce: beyond anarchy in international-relations theory / MacKay, Joseph   Journal Article
Mackay, Joseph Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract Using historical analysis of relations between city-states and other international actors in Central Asia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this article evaluates new structural theories of international politics, chiefly those of David Lake and Jack Donnelly. Pre-colonial Central Asia offers a usefully tough case for structural theories, since it so little resembles the modern international order that these theories were developed to describe. Empirically, the article proceeds by evaluating the region's city-states' relations with three groups of actors: one another; neighbouring empires; and the many non-state actors present at the time. It concludes with an assessment of the merits of the new structuralisms, and a discussion of their value for constructivist international-relations theories of international change.
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Paradigmatic faults in international-relations theory / Jackson, Patrick Thaddeus; Nexon, Daniel H   Journal Article
Nexon, Daniel H Journal Article
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Publication 2009.
Summary/Abstract American scholars routinely characterize the study of international relations as divided between various Kuhnian "paradigms" or Lakatosian "research programmes." Although most international relations scholars have abandoned Kuhn's account of scientific continuity and change, many utilize Lakatosian criteria to assess the "progressive" or "degenerative" character of various theories and approaches in the field. We argue that neither specific areas of inquiry (such as the "democratic peace") nor broader approaches to world politics (such as realism, liberalism, and constructivism) deserve the label of "paradigms" or "research programmes." As an alternative, we propose mapping the field through Weberian techniques of ideal-typification.
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