Scientific Realism and International Relations

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Scientific Realism and International Relations....Pages 1-30
Reductionism, Emergence and Explanation in International Relations Theory....Pages 31-50
The International as Emergent: Challenging Old and New Orthodoxies in International Relations Theory....Pages 51-68
State Theory in International Relations: Why Realism Matters....Pages 69-87
Inside the American State: Reconciling Structural and Interpretive Analyses within a Critical Realist Perspective....Pages 88-100
What is Realism in International Law and Human Rights?....Pages 101-114
Is It Real? The Question of Juridical, Actual and Causal Responsibility in Sovereign Debt Settlements....Pages 115-128
Critical Realism and the Analysis of Democratisation: Does Philosophy of Science Matter?....Pages 129-146
Exploring Possible, Likely and Desirable Global Futures: Beyond the Closed vs Open Systems Dichotomy....Pages 147-166
Critical Realism, International Relations Theory and Marxism....Pages 167-185
World Market, World State, World Society: Marxian Insights and Scientific Realist Interrogations....Pages 186-202
Realism. for Real this Time: Scientific Realism is not a Compromise between Positivism and Interpretivism....Pages 203-227
Back Matter....Pages 228-258