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Cover -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword – Robert O. Keohane -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction International Relations Theory: A European Perspective? -- 1 Origins of the International Relations Theories and the Emerging Realist Paradigm -- 2 Systemic Approaches in the United States -- 3 International Political Economy -- 4 The Influence of K. Marx on International Relations -- 5 Beyond Realism and Neo-realism -- 6 Institutionalist Theories -- 7 A Post-sovereign World? -- 8 Constructivist Approaches -- 9 Foreign Policy Analysis and the Impact of Domestic Factors -- 10 The Contribution of European Studies to the Renewal of International Relations Theory -- Conclusions -- Appendix – Regional, Interregional and Global Arrangements and Organizations -- Planisphères

"This book offers an important chronological perspective on the evolution of multilateralism within Europe and beyond. It provides a critical reconstruction of the history of the idea and praxis of peaceful global governance, comparative analysis of regional multilateral organizations and a discussion about concrete trends and perspectives of a new multilateralism against the challenging context of the current multipolar power politics. Focusing on the changing European interplay with multilateralism - from Eurocentric cradle of civilian cooperation among sovereign imperial states, to political dwarf after the two WW and decolonization, and to potential co-leader of a multi-layered and multi-actor cooperation within the current multipolar order, it addresses a theoretical 'gap' by fuelling the long-recognised idealism v. realism debate over international cooperation and institutionalisation with both historical and new empirical insights. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European studies, global governance, multilateralism, international organisations and more broadly to international relations"--

Brexit confirms that the EU is not a super-state in the making but rather an advanced regional organization. This book bridges the gap between EU studies and international relations by providing a student-friendly presentation of regional, multidimensional cooperation among neighbouring states and societies, its four epochs and relevant variations and similarities across five continents, its interplay with globalization, and the changing post-hegemonic and post-Cold War international order. This text secondly focuses on the question of regionalism in hard times: whether the global financial crisis and multipolar power politics are leading to more competitive and political forms of instrumental regionalism and interregionalism in Europe, East-Asia and the Americas. It does this by addressing the political and strategic dimensions of changing regional/interregional arrangements and their current and potential impact on global governance, notably on trade and security challenges.

Cover -- Detailed Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Andrew Gamble -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. What Conditions to Multilateralise the twenty-first century's Multipolarity? -- 2. Conceptual Framework, Disciplinary Approaches, Multilateral Institutions and Global Challenges -- 3. A Gradual Transformation of the Westphalian Paradigm -- 4. Why a Textbook? -- Part I. Towards a Common Language: Critically Exploring Key Concepts -- 1 Globalisation: Trends, Limits, and Controversies -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualisation of Globalisation -- 3. Degrees and Patterns of Globalisation -- 4. Critical Issues -- 5. Globalisation and Europe -- 6. Conclusion -- Test Questions -- Further Reading -- 2 The Three Historical Epochs of Multilateralism -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Multipolarity as a Framework for the Early Multilateral Cooperation -- 3. The US-Led Multilateralism -- 4. The End of Bipolarity: Which Multilateralism in a Post-Hegemonic Era? -- 5. Conclusion -- Test Questions -- Further Reading -- 3 Which Multipolarity? Power and World Order -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Polarity Debate: Power Structure and International Stability -- 3. The Multipolarism Inquiry: Evolving and Contending Conceptualisation -- 4. A Multipolar World from the Chinese Perspective -- 5. Conclusion -- Test Questions -- Further Reading -- 4 Peculiarities of the European Union's External Action -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The EU's International Influence -- 3. Complexity of the EU's External Decision-Making Mechanisms -- 4. Conclusion -- Test Questions -- Further Reading -- Part II. The State of Art: Disciplinary Approaches to Global Governance -- 5 Comparative Institutionalisms -- Summary -- 1. Introduction.

Stemming from an international and multidisciplinary network of leading specialists, this best-selling text is fully updated with new chapter additions. With the first edition prepared at the end of the last century and the second edition adding inter-regional relations, this new edition focuses on competing models of regional cooperation within a multipolar world and the role of the European Union.

This student-friendly textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to globalization studies and the European Union within a multipolar world. It provides its readers with critical analysis of the key concepts of multilateral global and regional governance and Europe's role in the world; and this in an accessible and intelligible fashion. This volume collects contributions by eminent scholars from world class universities from five different continents. As such, this unique exercise in transnational multi-disciplinary cooperation, provides extensive coverage of the main issues pertaining to mul.

Part 1. State and multilateralism: systemic change, diversities and challenges -- State and Multilateralism: History and Perspectives / Mario Telo -- The Changing World Order: From the Opening of the Berlin Wall to the Financial Crash / Andrew Gamble -- Economic Multilateralism: A Search for Legitimacy and Coherence in the Early Twenty-first Century / Richard Higgott -- International Responsibility, Multilateralism, and China's Foreign Policy / Chen Zhimin -- Part 2. Globalization and the Transformation of the State: The Theoretical Debate -- The State and Political Economic Change: Beyond Rational Choice and Historical Institutionalism to Discursive Institutionalism / Vivien A. Schmidt -- Globalization, Regionalization and Stateness / Thomas Meyer -- The Rise of Executive Sovereignty in the Era of Globalization / Andreas Vasilache -- Conclusions: State and New Multilateralism Facing an Unprecedented Multipolar World / Mario Telo

This book explores and analyzes the multidimensional influence the European Union exerts in the world, focusing on its contribution to regional and global governance.

"International Relations: A European Perspective presents the main schools of international relations while underlining the added value of the European approach. Contrary to US or East Asian perspectives, a European viewpoint adopts a critical approach to traditional cleavages. The author demonstrates the added value of a European approach to international relations, taking into account both the shortcomings and achievements found within European history and current European unity. Key themes include: the evolution of state sovereignty, regional cooperation between previous enemies, political impact of economic integration, regimes building, international rule setting, institutionalization of international relations, and the weight of ideas and perceptions by transnational cooperation. This comprehensive assessment takes into consideration every school of international relations critically presented from this original perspective and as such makes the book ideal for courses on international relations."--Publisher description

Stemming from an international and multidisciplinary network of leading specialists, this best-selling text is fully updated with new chapter additions. The new edition highlights external relations in the framework of the development of regional arrangements within the globalized world of the 21st century.