Positivist and Political-Economic Theories of International Relations

This book provides an introduction to positivist-pluralist theories of international relations (IR) which emerged during the early-and mid-1950s along with Marxist political economics and non-Marxist economic theories of IR.

Autorentext

Amartya Mukhopadhyay is former Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department and Dean, Faculty of Arts and Commerce at Kalyani University, India; and former Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, Calcutta University, India. His research interests include political theory, political thought, IR theory, policy studies, cultural politics, and the sociology of literature. His recent publications include, Politics, Society and Colonialism: An Alternative Understanding of Tagore's Responses (2010); India in Russian Orientalism: Travel Narratives and Beyond (2013); (as editor) Contextualizing Democratic Governance in India: Some Perspectives (2013); and Tura, Trisha and Debang-er Galpo [Stories of Tura, Trisha and Debang] (2023).

Inhalt

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Part I: Positivist Liberal-Pluralist Theories 1. Introduction 2. Decision-making Theory: From Snyder to Allison and After 3. Integration Theory: The Four Schools and Beyond 4. Theories of Regionalism: Early, Old and New 5. Theories of Interdependence 6. Regime Theory Part IIPolitical-Economic and Radical Theories 7. Marxism and Its Variants in International Relations Theory 8. Dependency Theory 9. World Systems Theory 10. International Political Economy. Index.