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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aSpindler, Manuela, _eauthor _931111
245	1	0	_aInternational Relations _h[electronic resource] : _bA Self-Study Guide to Theory.
264		1	_aLeverkusen-Opladen : _bVerlag Barbara Budrich, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (232 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aDescription based upon print version of record.
505	0		_aInternational Relations; Preface; Contents; Part I: International Relations' Theory; 1. History of theoretical thought on inter-state relations and the formation of "International Relations" as an academic discipline; Learning steps; Introduction; Step 1: International Relations from an historical perspective: Interstate theory and discipline formation; Step 2: The core subject of International Relations and International Relations theory; Step 3: Check your understanding: key aspects and review questions; Step 4: Self-study and consolidation; 2. International Relations as science.
505	8		_aLearning stepsIntroduction; Step 1: Philosophy of science: the "theory behind theories" (meta-theory); Step 2: Positivism as an example for a philosophy of science; Step 3: Check your understanding: Key aspects and review questions; Step 4: Consolidation; 3. World views and the idea of science in the history of European philosophy; Learning steps; Introduction; Step 1: World views; Step 2: Scientific world views; Step 3: Self-study and consolidation; Step 4: Discussion (optional, for advanced students); 4. Didactics and method; Introduction; 1. Core question.
505	8		_a2. Ontological assumptions about actors and structures in international relations3. Epistemology and methodology; 4. General approach to IR as a science and to the practice of international politics; Overview of criteria for a structured learning process about theories of IR; Review questions; Consolidation; Part II: Theories of International Relations: Five Approaches; 5. Neorealist theory; Learning steps; Step 1: Background and core question; Step 2: Assumptions about actors and structure; Step 3: The neorealist explanation of international politics.
505	8		_aStep 4: Check your understanding: key aspects and review questionsStep 5: Final self-study and consolidation; 6. Neoinstitutionalist theory; Learning steps; Introduction; Step 1: Neoinstitutionalist theory as "modified structural realism"; Step 2: The neoinstitutionalist explanation of international politics; Step 3: Check your understanding: key aspects and review questions; Step 4: Final self-study and consolidation; 7. New liberal theory; Learning steps; Introduction; Step 1: New liberalism as a "positive" IR theory: assumptions aboutactors and structures.
505	8		_aStep 2: New liberalism as a general theoretical approach to IRStep 3: Check your understanding: key aspects and review questions; Step 4: Final self-study and consolidation; 8. World-systems analysis; Learning steps; Introduction; Step 1: World-systems analysis: ontological, epistemological and methodological claims; Step 2: World-systems analysis; Step 3: The modern world-system; Step 4: Check your understanding: key aspects and review questions; Step 5: Final self-study and consolidation; 9. Social constructivist theory; Learning steps; Introduction.
500			_aStep 1: The ontological status of "structure" as an unobservable and "object" of scientific inquiry.
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650		4	_aInternational relations.
650		4	_aWorld politics.
650		0	_aInternational relations _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aWorld politics.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSpindler, Manuela _tInternational Relations : A Self-Study Guide to Theory _dLeverkusen-Opladen : Verlag Barbara Budrich,c2013 _z9783847400059
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