Historical Sociology of International Relations

Cambridge University Press

2002

xi, 315 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-308) and index

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Introduction: What's at stake in 'bringing historical sociology back into international relations' / John M. Hobson -- Historical sociology: back to the future of international relations / Stephen Hobden -- Historical Sociologies of International Relations -- The two waves of Weberian historical sociology in international relations / John M. Hobson -- Globality and historical sociology: state, revolution and war revisited / Martin Shaw -- Historical sociology and constructivism: an estranged past, a federated future / Michael Barnett -- The idea of history and history with ideas / Christian Reus-Smit -- World system analysis, historical sociology and international relations: the difference a hyphen makes / Barry K. Gills -- Towards a critical sociology of transnational harm / Andrew Linklater -- Critical historical materialism and international law: imagining international law as praxis / A. Claire Cutler -- International systems in world history: remaking the study of international relations / Barry Buzan and Richard Little -- Conclusion: The Future of Historical Sociology in International Relations -- Historical sociology and international relations theory / Steve Smith -- For an international sociology / Fred Halliday -- On the road toward a historicised world sociology / John M. Hobson and Stephen Hobden.

This book acts as a manifesto for historical sociology, considering a range of issues, including accounts of the major variants of historical sociology; how they can be applied to international relations; why international relations theorists should engage with these approaches; and how historical sociological insight can enhance and reconfigure the study of international relations. In addition to describing the seven major approaches - neo-Weberianism, constructivisim, critical historical materialism, critical theory, postmodernism, structural realism and World Systems theory - the volume's introductory and concluding chapters set out in detail an approach and research agenda that revolve around what the editors call 'world sociology

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