Thinking theory thoroughly: coherent approaches to an incoherent world

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 The Need for Theory -- Moving Up the Ladder of Abstraction -- The Refinements of Theory -- Toward the Higher Rungs -- 2 The Realist Paradigm -- Realism, Neorealism, and Idealism -- The Main Assumptions of Realist Theory -- The Modern International System -- Interests and Power -- System Polarity -- Attributes of the Balance of Power -- Cooperation and Realism -- Change in International Politics -- Conclusion -- 3 The Liberal Paradigm -- Security Communities and the End of the Cold War -- Late Cold War Arguments for the Ease of Cooperation: Interdependence -- After the Cold War: Structural Liberalism -- State-Society Liberalism -- The Pleasures and Paradoxes of Liberalism -- 4 Postinternationalism in a Turbulent World -- Toward a New Paradigm -- The Turbulence Paradigm -- The Sources of Global Turbulence -- Conclusion -- 5 Realism, Liberalism, and Postinternationalism Compared -- The Appeal of Theory -- Units of Action -- Global Structures -- State Sovereignty -- State Structures -- Societal Structures -- Role of Citizens -- Concerns of Collectivities -- Competitive Orientations -- Conceptions of Power -- Use of Force -- Domestic-Foreign Boundaries -- Technology and Media of Communications -- Law -- Coalition Formation -- States' Management of the Global Economy -- States' Role in Protecting Individuals from Globalization -- Sensitivity to Change -- Conclusion -- 6 Interactive Crises: International, Domestic, and Individual -- Essential Characteristics of Crises -- International, Domestic, and Individual Crises -- Interpreting Crises -- Conclusion -- 7 The United Nations -- History and Development -- State Sovereignty and U.N. Autonomy -- The U.N. as an Actor -- The U.N. as an Administrative Organization -- Conclusion