ISBN : 9780198854616
International Political Theory (IPT) focuses on the point where two fields of study meet - International Relations and Political Theory. It takes from the former a central concern with the 'international' broadly defined; from the latter it takes a broadly normative identity. IPT studies the 'ought' questions that have been ignored or side-lined by the modern study of International Relations and the 'international' dimension that Political Theory has in the past neglected. A central proposition of IPT is that the 'domestic' and the 'international' cannot be treated as self-contained spheres, although this does not preclude states and the states-system from being regarded by some practitioners of IPT as central points of reference.
This Handbook provides an authoritative account of the issues, debates, and perspectives in the field, guided by two basic questions concerning its purposes and methods of inquiry. First, how does IPT connect with real world politics? In particular, how does it engage with real world problems, and position itself in relation to the practices of real world politics? And second, following on from this, what is the relationship between IPT and empirical research in international relations? This Handbook showcases the distinctive and valuable contribution of normative inquiry not just for its own sake but also in addressing real world problems.
The Oxford Handbooks of International Relations is a twelve-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and innovative engagements with the principal sub-fields of International Relations.
The series as a whole is under the General Editorship of Christian Reus-Smit of the University of Queensland and Duncan Snidal of the University of Oxford, with each volume edited by a distinguished pair of specialists in their respective fields. The series both surveys the broad terrain of International Relations scholarship and reshapes it, pushing each sub-field in challenging new directions. Following the example of the original Reus-Smit and Snidal The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, each volume is organized around a strong central thematic by a pair of scholars drawn from alternative perspectives, reading its sub-field in an entirely new way, and pushing scholarship in challenging new directions.
Part 1: Introduction
1 Chris Brown and Robyn Eckersley: International Political Theory and the Real World
Part 2: History, Traditions, and Perspectives
2 David Boucher: History of International Thought: Text and Context
3 Peter Sutch: The Slow Normalisation of Normative Political Theory: Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism Then and Now
4 Chris Brown: International Relations and International Political Theory
5 Gerry Simpson: International Law and International Political Theory
6 Anna Jurkevics and Seyla Benhabib: Critical International Political Theory
7 Laura Sjoberg: Feminist International Political Theory
Part 3: International Justice
8 Simon Caney: Global Distributive Justice: Seven Theses About Facts and Empirical Research
9 Darrel Moellendorf: Real World Global Egalitarianism
10 Toni Erskine: Moral Responsibility - and Luck? - in International Politics
11 Hilary Charlesworth: International Law and International Justice
12 Susanne Buckley-Zistel: Transitional Justice
13 Will Kymlicka: Minority Rights
14 Edward Page: Environmental Justice and Sustainability
Part 4: IPT of Violence and Conflict
15 Anthony F. Lang Jr: Violence and International Political Theory
16 Cian O'Driscoll: The Historical Just War Tradition
17 Janina Dill: Just War Theory Times of Individual Rights
18 Michael L. Gross: Moral Dilemmas of Asymmetric Conflict
19 Christopher Coker: Ethics, Drones, and Killer Robots
20 Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness: International Relations Theory and Cybersecurity: Threats, Conflicts, and Ethics in an Emergent Domain
21 Mary Elizabeth King: The Ethics and 'Realism' of Nonviolent Action
Part 5: Humanitarianism and Human Rights
22 Michael N. Barnett: Human Rights and Humanitarianism
23 Steve Hopgood: Human Rights in the Real World
24 Jennifer M. Welsh: Humanitarian Actors and International Political Theory
25 James Pattison: The 'Responsibility to Protect' and International Political Theory
26 Denise Walsh: Multiculturalism and Women's Rights
27 Patrick Hayden: The Human Right to Health and the Challenge of Poverty
28 Anthony J. Langlois: International Political Theory of LGBTQ Rights
Part 6: Democracy, Accountability, and Global Governance
29 Carol C. Gould: Democracy and Global Governance
30 Terry Macdonald: Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Political Legitimacy
31 Eva Erman: The Ethical Limits of Global Democracy
32 Milja Kurki: The Contested Ethics of Democracy Promotion
33 Jens Steffek: Deliberation and Global Governance
34 Kate MacDonald: Accountability in Global Economic Governance
35 Frank Biermann: Global Governance in the 'Anthropocene'
Part 7 Ethics and International Public Policy
36 Christian Barry: IPT meets International Public Policy
37 Tim Dunne: Ethical Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World
38 Nicole Hassoun: Fair Trade Under Fire: How to Think about Fair Trade in Theory and Practice
39 Luara Ferracioli: International Migration and Human Rights
40 Steve Vanderheiden: Climate Equity in the Real-World
41 Paul Collier: The Ethical Foundations of Aid: Two Duties of Rescue
42 Fiona Robinson: A Feminist Practical Ethics of Care
Part 8: New Directions in International Political Theory
43 Friedrich Kratochwil: Judgement: A Conceptual Sketch
44 Steven Torrente and Harry D. Gould: Virtues and Capabilities
45 Renee Jeffery: Emotions in International Political Theory
46 Anna Geis: The Ethics of Recognition in International Political Theory
47 Steven Slaughter: Republicanism and International Political Theory
Part 9: For and Against Real Politics and IPT
48 Duncan Bell: Realist Challenges
49 Andrew Davenport: The Marxist Critique of International Political Theory
50 Laura Valentini: The Case for Ideal Theory
