Power, Realism and Constructivism [Paperback]

Winner of the 2014 International Studies Association Theory Section Book Award

Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzinis research on power, realism and constructivism. It explores the diversity of different schools and their intrinsic tensions and fallacies by analysing both theories and their assumptions, and theorists following their intellectual paths. Guzzinis approach to the analysis of power  within and outside International Relations  provides the common theme of the book through which the theoretical state of the art in International Relations is re-assessed.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, international politics, international relations theory and constructivism.

Introduction Part I: Power  1. Structural Power: The Limits of Neorealist Power Analysis  2. The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory  3. From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique  4. Constructivism and International Relations: an analysis of Niklas Luhmanns conceptualisation of power  5. Power analysis in Bourdieu  Part II: Realism  6. The enduring dilemmas of realism in International Relations  7. The Different Worlds of Realism in International Relations  8. Foreign Policy without diplomacy: the Bush administration at a crossroads  9. Robert Gilpin: A Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power  10. Stranges oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent  Part III: Constructivism  11. A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations  12. The concept of power: a constructivist analysis  13. 'The Cold War is wlñ