Contemporary Western International Relations Theory

Author: Ni Shixiong
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is part of the "Fudan Scholar" series of premium textbooks published by Fudan University Press. It follows the main three major debates in the history of Western international relations theory as its thread, comprehensively and systematically discussing the historical origins and the magnificent development process of Western international relations theory, with a time span of 80 years. The content covers nearly a dozen major schools in the West, their representative figures, and dozens of influential theoretical viewpoints. This includes Wilson's idealism, Morgenthau's realism, Waltz's neorealism, and more. While the author provides a detailed critique of the content and research methods of each school and its major theories, the book also focuses on introducing and analyzing the new developments and explorations in Western international relations theory in the past two decades. Examples include the "soft power theory" and "geoeconomics" that emerged in the 1990s, as well as new perspectives and arguments on international security and globalization.