The Sociological Turn in International Political Theory: Constructivist Research

Author: Yuan Zhengqing
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: One of the series "Contemporary International Theory." Based on rich primary sources, it comprehensively reviews the constructivism of the intermediate stance, clearly proposes the meaning and content of the sociological turn in international theory, and systematically organizes the basic ideas, emergence background, and development process of the intermediate stance constructivism through a combination of theory and empirical methods. At the same time, the author compares the similarities and differences between American constructivism and European constructivism, reveals and criticizes the Western cultural centrism assumptions behind American constructivism, and explores the potential value and shortcomings of constructivism in the construction of international relations theory in China.