{"product_id":"9783836434171","title":"Modernist and Post-Structural Constructivisms- on the Coherence of Constructivisms in IR Theory","description":"Realist\/neo-realist and neo-liberal institutional approaches of international relations\u003cbr\u003e(IR) theory, which take a rationalist\/systemic approach using the state as a primary unit of analysis, have come under fire. Due to this 'critical turn',\u003cbr\u003ethe discipline of IR seems to have congealed around seemingly intractable conceptualizations of theorizing and research: structural vs. post-structural,\u003cbr\u003eand positivist vs. post-positivist.\u003cbr\u003eThe first part of this book is concerned with assessing some constructivist critiques of the dominant theories. Since not all constructivists are classified or classify themselves as post-structuralist and\/or post-positivist, the second part attempts to unpack the category of IR constructivism.\u003cbr\u003eBy comparing and contrasting two diametrically opposed constructivist strands - modernist and post-structural - on the central constructivist themes of intersubjectivity, identity, and representation, the text attempts to verify whether a common core of principles exists between the opposing strands.\u003cbr\u003eThe modernist work of Alexander Wendt (supplemented by Emanuel Adler and John Gerard Ruggie) is compared to the post-structural position of David\u003cbr\u003eCampbell (supplemented by Richard K. Ashley and R.B.J Walker). The result of the analysis demonstrates that, even within the diametrically opposed strands, a common core of constructivist principles does exist.","brand":"VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048651964656,"sku":"9783836434171","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836434171_p0.jpg?v=1763688044","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836434171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}