Critical Approaches to International Relations: Philosophical Foundations and Current Debates explores the achievements of a wide variety of critical approaches in International Relations theory, discusses the barrage of criticism and theoretical openings they levied against the IR orthodoxy and suggests future potential of critical IR scholarship to improve not only our explanatory possibilities, but also our ethical and practical horizons.
In line with this broad objective, the book examines a number of influential approaches within critical IR scholarship, including core strands of critical IR theory such as Marxism, post-structuralism, Feminism, post-colonialism and green politics as well as some sub-school approaches such as Marxist theories of imperialism, dependency perspective, uneven and combine development and non-western IR theory.
Contributors are: M. KürÅad Ãzekin, Engin Sune, ÃaÄdaÅ ÃzeniÅ, Gözde Turan, Mine Nur Küçük, Neslihan Dikmen Alsancak, Zeynep Arıöz, Pınar Akgül, and AltuÄ Günar.
M. KürÅad Ãzekin holds a Ph.D. in international relations from University of Sussex. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University.
Engin Sune is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations at Hacettepe University. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
1ââIntroduction Foundations of International Relations Theory
ââM. KürÅad Ãzekin and Engin Sune
2âRelevance and Contributions of Marxism as a Critical ir Theory
ââEngin Sune and M. KürÅad Ãzekin
3âImperialism as a Critical Theory of ir
ââEngin Sune
4âThe Achievements of Dependency Approach as a Critical ir Theory
ââM. KürÅad Ãzekin
5âUneven and Combined Development A Dialectical and International Theory of Social Change
ââÃaÄdaÅ ÃzeniÅ
6âPoststructuralism and the Poststructuralist Turn in ir
ââGözde Turan
7âPostcolonial Approaches in International Relations
ââMine Nur Küçük
8âInternational Political Sociology and International Relations
ââNeslihan Dikmen Alsancak
9âFeminism and the Discipline of International Relations
ââZeynep Arıöz
10âNon-Western International Relations Theories
ââPınar Akgül
11âGreen Theory in ir A Theory for a Green World
ââAltuÄ Günar
The primary target readers consist of graduate students, scholars and policy makers who are eager to better understand historical foundations and current debates of the complex strands of critical approaches in international relations.