00_Englebert_FM.rev.qxd 5/12/09 2:20 PM Page ii Making Sense of International Relations Theory MAKING SENSE OF International Relations Theory SECOND EDITION edited by Jennifer Sterling-Folker boulder london Published in the United States of America in 2013 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 1800 30th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301 www.rienner.com and in the United Kingdom by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8LU © 2013 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Making sense of international relations theory / edited by Jennifer Sterling-Folker. — Second edition. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58826-822-8 (alk. paper) 1. International relations—Philosophy. 2. International relations—Case studies 3. Iraq War, 2003–2011—Case studies. I. Sterling-Folker, Jennifer Anne, 1960– JZ1305.M32185 2013 327.101—dc23 2013001383 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Printed and bound in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1992. 5 4 3 2 1 To the contributors, for their continued willingness to make sense of international relations theory Contents Preface xi 1 Making Sense of International Relations Theory, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 1 2 Realist Approaches 15 2.1 Realism, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 15 2.2 Structural Realism: The Imperialism of Great Power, Karen Ruth Adams 21 2.3 Neoclassical Realism: Domestic Opportunities for Great Power Intervention, Jeffrey W. Taliaferro and Robert W. Wishart 47 3 Liberal Approaches 67 3.1 Liberalism, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 67 3.2 Neoliberalism: Managing Collective Problems, Sean Kay 75 3.3 Public Goods Liberalism: The Perils of Coalition Building, Michael J. Butler and Mark A. Boyer 91 4 Game Theory Approaches 109 4.1 Game Theory, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 109 4.2 Game Theory: Modeling Ethnic Violence, Brian Urlacher 114 vii viii Contents 5 Constructivist Approaches 127 5.1 Constructivism, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 127 5.2 Norm Constructivism: Contesting International Legal Norms, Matthew J. Hoffmann 136 5.3 Relational Constructivism: A War of Words, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson 152 6 Postmodern and Critical Theory Approaches 169 6.1 Postmodernism and Critical Theory, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 169 6.2 Postmodernism: Seducing Humanity, Rosemary E. Shinko 181 6.3 Critical Theory: Deliberating the Legitimacy of War, Rodger A. Payne 200 7 Historical Materialism and World System Theory Approaches 217 7.1 Historical Materialism and World System Theory, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 217 7.2 Historical Materialism: Imperialist Rivalry, Hegemony, and the Global Capitalist Order, Alan W. Cafruny and Timothy C. Lehmann 227 7.3 World System Theory: Status Decline and Collision Course, Annette Freyberg-Inan 246 8 Feminist Approaches 263 8.1 Feminism, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 263 8.2 Liberal Feminism: Valuing Local Narratives, Julie Mertus 272 8.3 Critical Feminism: Gender at Work in Waging War, Francine D’Amico 283 9 English School Approaches 299 9.1 The English School, Jennifer Sterling-Folker 299 9.2 The English School: International Society’s Constraints on Power Politics, Tonny Brems Knudsen 307