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In this introduction to the Special Issue, we undertake a little ground clearing in order to make room in International Relations for thinking differently about anarchy and world politics. Anarchy's roots in, and association with, social contract theory and the state of nature has unduly narrowed how we might understand the concept and its potential in International Relations. Indeed, such is the consensus in this regard that anarchy is remarkably uncontested, considering its centrality to the field. Looking around, both inside and outside International Relations, for alternative accounts, we find ample materials for helping us think anew about the nature of and possibilities for politics in anarchy. In the second part of the introduction, we show how our contributors develop and expand on these resources and what we hope the Special Issue brings to International Relations.

Asserts that historical sociology has advanced the theorizing of international relations, contending that neorealist theories of international systems are plagued by three problems: (1) National & international states are juridically separate. (2) Mandated by the condition of anarchy, individual actors in the international system exhibit similar behavioral patterns. (3) The notion of the international system is not operationalized. Consequently, an approach based on historical sociology that repudiates neorealist theories of international systems is advocated. Such an approach acknowledges that systems lack meaning beyond the self-understanding of a given system's actors. Three directions for historical sociology inquiries into international systems are recommended: (A) Create a taxonomy of systems. (B) Explain why certain systems dominate at certain points in time. (C) Completely analyze the behavioral patterns of the elements that constitute a particular system. 64 References. J. W. Parker

This article describes an experientially based approach to the teaching/learning of international relations (IR) theory. The course is designed with the pedagogical goal of decentering the classroom, which implies taking the focus off of the instructor & creating a more collaboratively oriented learning environment. Students actively engage in peer editing, & review of one another's written work, they work in small discussion/interpretive circles, they utilize the class website to create an international issues forum, they design, format, & participate in a mock conference at the end of the semester, & their capstone project involves the creation of their own IR theory writing portfolio. The theoretical perspectives of realism, liberalism, globalism, constructivism, feminism, & postmodernism are introduced as a series of "lenses" through which students will view various international issues, problems, & events. Our operative premise is that all international events are given meaning by their interpreters; therefore, the lens through which we view the world is crucial. This course is designed to introduce students to the work of the IR theorist in a collaborative & actively engaged educational setting. References. Adapted from the source document.

"Empirical Knowledge on Foreign Military Intervention" published on by Oxford University Press.

Hegemonic stability theory, which argues that international economic openness and stability is most likely when there is a single dominant state, is the most prominent approach among American political scientists for explaining patterns of economic relations among the advanced capitalist countries since 1945. It has provided a research programme for scholars, both as a positive guide and as a foil against which to test alternative theoretical explanations.