Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 748 g
Decoupling Constructivist and Critical Approaches
Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 748 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-046342-7
Verlag: Sydney University Press
on the possibilities of IR theory. They have been made without adequate reflection, in contradiction to the base assumptions of each theoretical perspective, and to the detriment of both knowledge accumulation about global politics and theoretical rigor in disciplinary IR. It is not that constructivisms and
critical theories have no common ground; rather, the fact that it has become routine for IR scholars to overstate their common ground is counterproductive to the discovery and utilization of their potential dialogues. To that end, IR's Last Synthesis? argues that scholars using the two in conjunction should be cognizant of, rather than gloss over, the tensions between the approaches and the tools they have to offer. Along these lines, the book uses the concept of affordances to look at
what each has to offer the other, and to argue for a modest, reflective, specified return to (constructivist and critical) IR theorizing. By rejecting its over-simple syntheses, this book hews a road toward reviving IR theorizing.