International Relations Theory

by Mark V Kauppi, Paul R. Viotti

International Relations Theory offers a unique approach to help students think conceptually and critically about how our contemporary world of diverse state and non-state actors works, but also the implications of domestic and global changes. The seventh edition covers current IR theory images (realism, liberalism, economic-structuralism, and the English School), interpretive understandings (constructivist, feminist, postmodern, critical theory, and green theory), normative considerations, and intellectual foundations from the ancient world to the modern era.

480 pages, Paperback

Published August 8, 2023

Reviews

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the primary reference for a course of the same name. And an excellent one at that. It contains good discussions of the key proponents of the theories mentioned. Its only gap in our course is the lack of a chapter on non-Western IR theory, for which we had to refer to another book. It also places Marxism and its successors under "Economic Structuralism", which may have confused some of my classmates about the location of the discussion of Marxism in the book.