Mervyn Frost

Towards a Normative Theory of International Relations

A Critical Analysis of the Philosophical and Methodological Assumptions in the Discipline with

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of the moral theory of war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780521125062
• ISBN-10: 0521125065
• Artikelnr.: 27379975

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: 1. The positivist bias: a philosophical assumption which accounts for the dearth of normative theory in the discipline of international relations
2. Sceptical and realist arguments against normative theory in international relations: a critical appraisal
Part II: 3. Normative issues in international relations: the domain of discourse and the method of argument
4. Towards the construction of a normative theory of international relations
5. Reconciling rights and sovereignty: the constitutive theory of individuality
6. The justification of unconventional violence in international relations: a hard case for normative theory
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.