International Political Theory - Rethinking Ethics in a Global Era

Informationen zum Autor Kimberly Hutchings is in the Department of Politics at the University of Edinburgh Klappentext Providing an invaluable overview of the competing schools of thought in traditional and contemporary international theory, this book outlines new ways of thinking about international political morality. The author defines the role of normative theory in the study of international politics and introduces students to the central debates between realists and idealists, cosmopolitans and communitarians. She explores the conceptual challenges of contemporary approaches in critical theory, and applies each approach to the study of two key topics in contemporary theoretical debate: the right to self-determination, and the idea of cosmopolitan democracy. Zusammenfassung International Political Theory Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: MAINSTREAM DEBATES: NORMATIVE INTERNATIONAL THEORY Idealism and Realism The Ethics of International Politics PART TWO: CRITICAL CHALLENGES: RETHINKING INTERNATIONAL THEORY Theorizing International Politics The Politics of International Theory PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS: DOING INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL THEORY Self-Determination Political Cosmopolitanism Conclusion International Politics as Ethical Life

Product details

• Authors: Kimberley Hutchings, Kimberly Hutchings, Hutchings Kimberly
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.11.1999
• EAN: 9780761955153
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5515-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Sage Politics Texts; Sage Politics Texts Series; SAGE Politics Texts series; Sage Politics Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, International Relations, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Political Theory & Thought;International Relations