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opportunity for restating the traditional realist view of the role of institutions in international …

This book presents a challenge to the discipline of international relations (IR) to rethink itself,
in the light of both its own modern origins, and the two centuries of world history that have …

International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries
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This widely used textbook continues to provide students with an introduction to International
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Constructing the World Polity brings together in one collection the theoretical ideas of one of
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Neoliberals and their neorealist critics have debated the relative importance of two main
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