International relations' last synthesis? : decoupling constructivist and critical approaches / J. Samuel Barkin and Laura Sjoberg.

"In the wake of the rising popularity of the argument that there might be an "end of IR theory" Samuel Barkin and Laura Sjoberg see a world in which IR theorizing is alive and well, and a key part of both disciplinary analysis and disciplinary self-identification. At the same time they recognize, wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barkin, J. Samuel, 1965- (Author)
Sjoberg, Laura, 1979- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
International relations > Philosophy.
Constructivism (Philosophy)
Physical Description:viii, 224 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The constructivist-critical theory synthesis
  • Understanding and classifying constructivisms
  • Constructivism does not have a politics
  • Understanding and classifying critical approaches
  • Critical theory is ontologically promiscuous and methodologically agnostic
  • A case against the constructivist-critical theory synthesis
  • Thinking beyond the constructivist-critical theory synthesis.