Commonsense Constructivism, or the Making of World Affairs

Fully accessible to students and scholars alike, this engaging book introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. In a highly readable and witty way, it shows how people and their social relations are the basis for everything around us -- International Relations included.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Making World Affairs; Part I The Neglected Aspects of the Discipline; Chapter 2 Making Modernity; Chapter 3 Making Sovereign Selves, Social Collectives, and Nations; Part II The Dominant Aspects of the Discipline; Chapter 4 Making States and Making Markets; conclusion Conclusion;

About the author

Ralph Pettman

Summary

Introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. The author shows how narrow the standard approaches are and how much we miss as a consequence. His conceptual framework for state making, self making and mind making seeks to put notions such as "globalization" in a new light.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Pettman, Pettman Ralph
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2000
• EAN: 9780765605771
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0577-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political science and theory