Making Sense of International Relations Theory

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Book Title
Table of Contents
Preface
1-Making Sense of International Relations Theory
	Map of Iraq
	International Relations Theory: A Brief Overview
	Positivism and Postpositivism
	IR Theory in This Book
	Further Reading
	Notes
2-Realist Approaches
	2.1 Realism
		Further Reading
		Notes
	2.2 Structural Realism: The Imperialism of Great Power
		Situating Structural Realist Theory
		Structural Realist Theory: Concepts and Claims
		Applying Structural Realism: The International Political System in 2003
		Table 2.2.1 Distribution of Capabilities Among Major States, 2003
		Table 2.2.2 Overall Ranking of Major States Before the US Invasion of Iraq in March 2003
		Table 2.2.3 Comparison of US and Iraqi Capabilities Before the 2003 Invasion
		Conclusion
		Notes
	2.3 Neoclassical Realism: Domestic Opportunities for Great Power Intervention
		Understanding the Theory
		Systemic Constraints (or Lack Thereof) on the Unipole
		Grand Strategic Ideas and Policy Entrepreneurs
		Post-9/11 Domestic Mobilization Hurdles and State Power
		Conclusion
		Notes
3-Liberal Approaches
	3.1 Liberalism
		Further Reading
		Notes
	3.2 Neoliberalism: Managing Collective Problems
		The United Nations and the Gulf War
		The UN and Iraq After 9/11
		The Costs of Institutional Failure
		Implications for Neoliberal Theory
		Notes
	3.3 Public Goods Liberalism: The Perils of Coalition Building
		A Primer in Public Goods Theory
		Public Goods and the Case for Regime Change
		Evolving Coalition Dynamics
		Table 3.3.1 Iraq War Coalition Members, 27 March 2003–27 January 2009
		Coalitions of the Unwilling?
		Notes
4-Game Theory Approaches
	4.1 Game Theory
		Further Reading
		Notes
	4.2 Game Theory: Modeling Ethnic Violence
		Ethnic Violence in Iraq
		Political Transitions and the Risk of Ethnic Violence
		Rationally Deciding to Rebel
		Figure 4.2.1 Decision Tree
		Conclusion
		Notes
5-Constructivist Approaches
	5.1 Constructivism
		Further Reading
		Notes
	5.2 Norm Constructivism: Contesting International Legal Norms
		Social Constructivism and Contestation
		A Community of Compliance with International Law
		Contestation: Divergent Interpretations in the Operationalization of International Law
		Beyond Iraq: Applying Norm Contestation
		Notes
	5.3 Relational Constructivism: A War of Words
		Constructivism: A Relational Perspective
		Constructing the Iraq Invasion
		Conclusion
		Notes
6-Postmodern and Critical Theory Approaches
	6.1 Postmodernism and Critical Theory
		Further Reading
		Notes
	6.2 Postmodernism: Seducing Humanity
		Power/Knowledge: Humanity in the Shadow of the Democratic Peace
		Seduction and Reversibility: Baudrillard’s Conceptual Framework
		Discourses of Humanity: “The Dignity of Every Life”
		Discourses of Inhumanity: “We Don’t Do Body Counts”
		Seducing the Terms of (In)Humanity in the Iraq War
		The Seduction of Reversibility
		Notes
	6.3 Critical Theory: Deliberating the Legitimacy of War
		Immanent Critique: Revealing Hypocrisy
		Deliberative Ideals
		Voices from the Margin: Counterpublic Sphere
		Conclusion
		Notes
7-Historical Materialism and World System Theory Approaches
	7.1 Historical Materialism and World System Theory
		Further Reading
		Notes
	7.2 Historical Materialism: Imperialist Rivalry, Hegemony, and the Global Capitalist Order
		Imperialism and Middle Eastern Rivalry
		Oil and Imperialism in the Middle East: From World War I to the Iranian Revolution
		Militarization of the US Oil Imperium
		Conclusion
		Notes
	7.3 World System Theory: Status Decline and Collision Course
		Iraq’s Path to the Invasion of Kuwait
		The US Path to Invading Iraq
		A Futile War
		What World System Theory Teaches Us
		Notes
8-Feminist Approaches
	8.1 Feminism
		Further Reading
		Notes
	8.2 Liberal Feminism: Valuing Local Narratives
		Liberal Theory and Feminist Theory
		A Liberal Feminist Framework
		Table 8.2.1 Feminist Approaches to International Relations Problems
		Analysis
		Conclusion
		Notes
	8.3 Critical Feminism: Gender at Work in Waging War
		Gendering the Iraq War
		Gendered Discourse
		Gendered Torture
		Gender and War
		Gendered Consequences
		Conclusion
		Notes
9-English School Approaches
	9.1 The English School
		Further Reading
		Notes
	9.2 The English School: International Society’s Constraints on Power Politics
		The Theory of International Society
		Showdown in the UN Security Council: Iraq as a Threat to Peace and Security?
		Self-Defense, Preventive War, and Democratic Imposition
		The War Against Iraq as a Humanitarian Intervention
		The Importance of Rules and Institutions: Legitimacy, Order, and Justice
		Iraq and the Study of International Society: Further Implications
		Notes
10-Environmental Approaches
	10.1 Environmentalism
		Further Reading
		Notes
	10.2 Environmentalism: Cars, Farming, and Resource Insecurity
		An Environmentalist Perspective on IR Research
		Conducting Environmentalist Research
		The Story of Oil
		Responding to Oil’s Hegemony
		Conclusion
		Notes
11-Applying International Relations Theory
Appendix: A Brief Overview of Iraq
	Iraq’s Early History and Ethnic/Political Background
	Iraqi Political Developments and Foreign Policy, 1958–1989
	The 1991 Gulf War and Its Aftermath
	The 2003 Invasion of Iraq
	Occupation, Insurgency, and Democracy
	Sectarian Violence, “the Surge,” and Foreign Troop Withdrawal
	Notes
Acronyms
References
The Contributors
Index
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