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International Political Theory

Rethinking Ethics in a Global Era
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An account of the competing schools of thought in traditional and contemporary international theory, offering new ways of thinking about international political morality. It explains the role and place of normative theory in international politics, critically examines mainstream approaches in international relations and applied ethics, and introduces the central debates between realists and idealists, cosmopolitans and communitarians. The conceptual challenges of approaches in critical theory, postmodernism and feminism are outlined, and the author develops her Hegelian-Foucauldian approach to normative international theory. Insights from each approach are then applied to two key topics in the contemporary debate: the right to self-determinism; and the idea of cosmopolitan democracy. Conclusions are drawn for transcending the theoretical deadlock in international relations.
Kimberly Hutchings is in the Department of Politics at the University of Edinburgh
PART ONE: MAINSTREAM DEBATES: NORMATIVE INTERNATIONAL THEORY Idealism and Realism The Ethics of International Politics PART TWO: CRITICAL CHALLENGES: RETHINKING INTERNATIONAL THEORY Theorizing International Politics The Politics of International Theory PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS: DOING INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL THEORY Self-Determination Political Cosmopolitanism Conclusion International Politics as Ethical Life
'A lucid, comprehensive analysis of normative approaches to international relations, and an original contribution to critical theory' - Andrew Linklater, University of Keele `Hutchings combines a valuable account of the current state of the art with a lucid expositon of her own, highly distinctive, position. This will be required reading for students in international political theory, and indeed anyone interested in normative issues in international relations' - Chris Brown, London School of Economics and Political Science
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