Beyond Positivism: Critical Reflections on International Relations

by Claire Turenne Sjolander, Wayne S. Cox

Seeks to break out of the metatheoretical stalemate that has gripped the study of international relations since the Third Debate of the 1980s, by rejecting state-centric realism and positivist assumptions, thus reopening some of the conclusions of the first two debates. Advanced graduate students at Carlton University discuss reflexivity, the discourse on multilateralism, violence, hegemony, gender, and other aspects. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

203 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994