Nejat Dogan

Pragmatic Liberal Approach To World Order (eBook, ePUB)

The Scholarship of Inis L. Claude, Jr.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

There are two well-known approaches to the study of international relations: Realism and Idealism. This book explores the writings of Inis L. Claude, Jr., a preeminent scholar on international relations, to define a third approach. Pragmatic liberalism, an "in-between" approach, argues that a liberal world order can be sustained and promoted by the pragmatic application of liberal principles. It rejects both the over-pessimism of Realism and the over-optimism of Idealism while refusing to maintain that the anarchic nature of the international system is unchangeable or even that we can change it overnight. However, it is possible to eventually improve the international system. This melioristic approach to world order and international relations can be explained through the sophisticated writings of Inis L. Claude, Jr., who has remained a celebrated scholar and an example to students of international relations everywhere for over a half century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761855446
• Artikelnr.: 37843248

Autorenporträt

Nejat Dogan is associate professor of international relations at Erciyes University, Kayseri/Turkey. He received his Ph.D. in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and his Master's degree in international politics from American University, Washington, D.C. Dr. Dogan's research interests include international relations theory, international security, international law and organization, human rights, and ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Chapter I: Claude's Pragmatic Liberalism 1. Claude
and Liberalism 2. Claude and Pragmatism 3. Conclusion: Claude's Pragmatic
Liberalism and IR Theories Chapter II: Order in a Pluralistic World 1.
Claude's Definition of Order 2. World-Order Proposals 3. Sovereignty and
the State System 4. Conclusion Chapter III: Management of Power 1.
Management of Power 2. Collective Security 3. Balance of Power 4. The
Rejection of Collective Security 5. Why is the Balance of Power Preferable
to Collective Security? 6. Conclusion Chapter IV: Functions of
International Organizations 1. The United Nations and the Management of
Power 2. Strengthening the State 3. Universalism and Regionalism 4.
Conclusion Chapter V: The Need for Leadership in the System 1. A Functional
Division of Leadership 2. Bureaucratic Leadership 3. The Need for
Great-Power Leadership 4. The United States and World Leadership 5.
Great-Power Responsibilities, Morality, and US Leadership 6. Milieu Goals
7. Conclusion Chapter VI: Conclusion 1. Realism, Idealism, and Pragmatic
Liberalism: A Comparison 2. What Subjects Does This Work Provoke Studying
and Some Implications of This Work for Current International Conflicts
Bibliography