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Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy
Contributor(s): Lobell, Steven E. (Editor), Ripsman, Norrin M. (Editor), Taliaferro, Jeffrey W. (Editor)
ISBN: 0521731925     ISBN-13: 9780521731928
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $38.94  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
Dewey: 327.101
LCCN: 2008045217
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 324 pages
 
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Neoclassical realism is an important approach to international relations. Focusing on the interaction of the international system and the internal dynamics of states, neoclassical realism seeks to explain the grand strategies of individual states as opposed to recurrent patterns of international outcomes. This book offers the first systematic survey of the neoclassical realist approach. The editors lead a group of senior and emerging scholars in presenting a variety of neoclassical realist approaches to states' grand strategies. They examine the central role of the 'state' and seek to explain why, how, and under what conditions the internal characteristics of states intervene between their leaders' assessments of international threats and opportunities, and the actual diplomatic, military, and foreign economic policies those leaders are likely to pursue.

Contributor Bio(s): Taliaferro, Jeffrey W.: - Professor Jeffrey Taliaferro is the author of Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery (2004), for which he received the American Political Science Association's Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Award for the Best Book in International History and Politics. His articles have appeared in the journals International Security, Security Studies and Political Psychology, and two edited volumes. He is co-editor (and a contributor), along with Steven E. Lobell and Norrin P. Ripsman, of The Challenge of Grand Strategy: The Great Powers and the Broken Balance between the World Wars (Cambridge, 2012).Lobell, Steven E.: - Steven E. Lobell is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah.Ripsman, Norrin M.: - Norrin M. Ripsman is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University.