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This book re-evaluates the concept of anarchy in International Relations by drawing on anarchist thought. It is the first scholarly work to draw on historical anarchism to construct an international theory premised on the idea of states as anarchists. It puts forward a constructivist account of state behavior, termed 'polite anarchy', to theorize diplomacy, an area of IR which is increasingly recognized within the discipline as being under-theorized, by drawing on a contextual historical study of the idiom of politeness in the anarchist thought of the late-Enlightenment British radical, William Godwin, generally considered to be the founder of modern philosophical anarchism. The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students of International Relations, the history of political thought, international political theory and anarchism, as well as historians and practitioners in the field of diplomacy and Godwin scholars.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Significance of Metaphors in International Relations Theory -- Beginning Again with an Anecdote -- Foreign Policy by Metaphor: Barack Obama's "Red Line" -- Metaphors and Public Policy -- Why Metaphors Matter -- Conceptual Versus Linguistic Metaphors -- Governments and Metaphors -- The Nexus Between Policy Metaphors and Scholarship -- References -- Chapter 2: Metaphors of International Political Economy -- Metaphors in Economics1 -- Metaphors in the Study of Relations Among International Actors of Unequal Wealth -- Ordinal Worlds Metaphor -- Metaphors of "Development" -- The Metaphors of "Core," "Center," and "(Semi)Periphery" -- Metaphors of "North" and "South" -- Metaphor of "Dependency" -- "Global Inequality" -- Additional Thoughts About Relations Among International Actors of Unequal Wealth -- Foreign "Aid" -- "Globalization" in Metaphorical Perspective -- Some Metaphors of European Integration -- Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and "Spillover" -- European Neighborhood Policy -- Reflections on the Subplot of IPE -- References -- Chapter 3: Metaphors of Democratization -- Metaphors in the Study of Democratization -- Democratic "Transition" and "Consolidation" -- Democratization Has a "Direction" -- "Waves" of Democratization -- Democratization and Swings of the "Pendulum" -- Directions of Democracy and "Modernization" -- "Advanced Democracies" -- Summary -- Reform/Democracy "From Above" Versus Reform/Democracy "From Below" -- Government Has "Density": "Thick" and "Thin" Political Authority -- Metaphor of the Democratic Deficit -- Narratives in the Metaphors of Democratization -- References -- Chapter 4: Theoretical Reflections -- Theoretical Aspects of Metaphors in Realism -- Metaphors and the Epistemology of Neorealism -- Metaphorical Aspects of Liberal Theory

Outland reviews 'New Thinking in International Relations Theory' edited by Michael W. Doyle and G. John Ikenberry.

This book of ten original essays provides a showcase of currently diverse theoretical agendas in the field of international relations. Contributors address the theoretical analysis that their perspective brings to the issue of change in global politics. Written for readers with a general interest in and knowledge of world affairs, New Thinking in International Relations Theory can also be assigned in international relations theory courses.The volume begins with an essay on the classical tradition at the end of the Cold War. Essays explore work outside the mainstream, such as Jean Bethke Elshtain on feminist theory and James Der Derian on postmodern theory as well as those developing theoretical advances within traditional realms from James DeNardo's formal modeling to the more descriptive analyses of Miles Kahler and Steve Weber. Other essays include Matthew Evangelista on domestics structure, Daniel Deudney on naturalist and geopolitical theory, and Joseph Grieco on international structuralist theory. ; https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/1241/thumbnail.jpg

Globalization has been contested in recent times. Among the critical perspectives is cosmopolitanism. Yet, with the exception of normative theory, international relations as a field has ignored cosmopolitan thinking. This book redresses this gap and develops a dialogue between cosmopolitanism and international relations. The dialogue is structured around three debates between non-universalist theories of international relations and contemporary cosmopolitan thought. The theories chosen are realism, (post-)Marxism and postmodernism. All three criticize liberalism in the international domain, and, therefore, cosmopolitanism as an offshoot of liberalism. In the light of each school's respective critique of universalism, the book suggests both the importance and difficulty of the cosmopolitan perspective in the contemporary world. Beardsworth emphasizes the need for global leadership at nation-state level, re-embedding of the world economy, a cosmopolitan politics of the lesser violence, and cosmopolitan political judgement. He also suggests research agendas to situate further contemporary cosmopolitanism in international relations theory. This book will appeal to all students of political theory and international relations, especially those who are seeking more articulation of the main issues between cosmopolitanism and its critics in international relations.

This article posits empirical and political reasons for recent 'micro-moves' in several contemporary debates, and seeks to further develop them in future International Relations studies. As evidenced by growing trends in studies of practices, emotions and the everyday, there is continuing broad dissatisfaction with grand or structural theory's value without 'going down' to 'lower levels' of analysis where structures are enacted and contested. We suggest that empirics of the last 15 years — including the war on terror and the Arab Spring — have pushed scholars into increasingly micropolitical positions and analytical frameworks. Drawing upon insights from Gilles Deleuze, William Connolly and Henri Lefebvre, among others, we argue that attention to three issues — affect, space and time — hold promise to further develop micropolitical perspectives on and in International Relations, particularly on issues of power, identity and change. The article offers empirical illustrations of the analytical purchase of these concepts via discussion of the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Arab Spring uprisings.

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE CURRENT STATE, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, OF REFLEXIVE THEORIZING. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY'S "THIRD DEBATE" IS RE-EXAMINED FOR EVIDENCE OF A BREAK WITH POSITIVIST FORMS OF THEORIZING AND IN TERMS OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO A REFLEXIVE DISPOSITION IN THE DISCIPLINE. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT: (1) CONTRARY TO PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS, THE THIRD DEBATE OFFERS LITTLE EVIDENCE OF A SHIFT TO POST-POSITIVIST, REFLEXIVE THEORIZING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND (2) TO THE EXTENT THAT EVIDENCE OF REFLEXIVITY IS TO BE FOUND, IT IS LOCATED NOT IN THE MAINSTREAM BUT AT THE MARGINS OF THE DISCIPLINE.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The End of the Cold War, the Classical Tradition, and International Change -- 2 Inventing International Relations: International Relations Theory After 1945 -- 3 Post-Theory: The Eternal Return of Ethics in International Relations -- 4 Feminist Inquiry and International Relations -- 5 Geopolitics and Change -- 6 Complexity, Formal Methods, and Ideology in International Studies -- 7 Realist International Theory and the Study of World Politics -- 8 Domestic Structure and International Change -- 9 Institutions and Change -- 10 Conclusion: Continuity and Innovation in International Relations Theory -- About the Book and Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index