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Five contributors address issued raised by R. Charli Carpenter's (2002) examination of the adoption of a nonfeminist standpoint in the analysis of gender theory's & feminism's respective roles within contemporary international relations theory. In and International Relations, Terrell Carver highlights key questions that contributors were encouraged to ponder, including (1) the effects of methodological selection on notions of gender, (2) understandings of sex & sexuality that underlie different conceptualizations of gender, & (3) which conceptualizations are particularly relevant to international relations. In Gender/Feminism/IR, Carver considers the implications of adopting a gendered understanding of international relations & examines the intersection of feminism with international relations research. In 'Women's Troubles' Again in IR, Marysia Zalewski investigates the extent to which international relations studies transforms & critiques feminism & contemplates the consequences of international relations' attempt to restrain feminist perspectives. In For a Careful Reading: The Conservatism of Gender Constructivism, Helen Kinsella contends that gender constructivism is a conservative methodological approach that reifies the male/masculinity as universal. She also cautions against the utilization of concretized notions of sex & gender since they prohibit adequate analysis of power-politics relations. In Stirring Gender into the Mainstream: Constructivism, Feminism and the Uses of IR Theory, Carpenter scrutinizes the interaction between feminist approaches to international relations & gender constructivism & articulates the necessity of conducting gender studies from a nonfeminist international relations perspective. 69 References. J. W. Parker

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- 1 The Development and Nature of International Law -- Introduction -- The Historical Development of International Law -- The Binding Nature of International Law -- The Enforcement of International Law -- Centralized enforcement machinery -- Extra-legal considerations -- The enforcement of international law by individual states -- 2 The General Principles of International Law -- States as Sovereign Entities -- What is a state? -- State sovereignty and international law -- States as the Primary Subjects of International Law -- International organizations -- Individuals -- The Sources of International Law -- Customary international law -- Treaties as sources of international law -- Other sources of international law -- 3 International Relations Perspectives on International Law -- The Approach of International Relations Theories to International Law -- Realism -- Institutionalism -- Liberalism -- Constructivism -- Recent Interdisciplinary Work on the Role of International Law -- Byers: custom, power and the power of rules -- Koh: why nations obey -- Arend: do international rules matter? -- Conclusions -- 4 Preventing the Use of Force by States: Korea, the Gulf Conflict and Beyond -- Introduction -- Korea (1950) -- The Gulf Conflict (1990-1) -- The Legality of Subsequent 'Enforcement' Actions -- Iraq (1998) -- Kosovo (1999) -- Conclusions -- 5 Diplomacy and the Threat of Force -- Introduction -- The Threat of Force as a Tool of International Diplomacy -- The Legality of the Threat of Force -- Permissible Threats of Force -- The Legality of the Threat of Force in the Gulf Conflict -- Conclusions -- 6 Extraditing Pinochet -- Introduction -- The Issues -- The Decision in Ex parte Pinochet -- Extraditable crimes.

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"This book critically investigates the historiography of International Relations. For the past fifteen years, the field has witnessed the development of a strong interest in the history of the discipline. The chapters in this edited volume, written by some of the field's preeminent disciplinary historians, all manifest the best of an innovative and exciting generation of scholarship on the history of the discipline of International Relations. One of the objectives of this volume is to take stock of the historical turn. Yet this volume is not simply a stock-taking exercise, as it also intends to identify the limitations and blind spots of the recent historiographical literature. The chapters consider a range of diverse thinkers and examine their impact on understanding various dimensions of the field's history."--