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Theory of International Politics
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Forced Migration and Global Politics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of international relations theories and their application in the international political economy, including: 1. International Relations Theories 2. Sovereignty and the State System 3. Security 4. International Cooperation 5. Global Governance 6. North-South Relations and International Political Economy 7. Globalization 8. Regionalism Bibliography Index
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The Expansion of the State
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TL;DR: The state has come to be a major focus of political and historical sociology in recent years as mentioned in this paper, and there appears to be an underemphasis on the cultural and institutional contexts of the state's emergence and expansion.
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International theory and international society: the viability of the middle way?
TL;DR: The authors argue that international relations theory is best understood as an aspect of political theory and not as a discourse with its own rules and subject matter, and that an approach that places primary emphasis on the nature of international society is likely to isolate itself from the wider discourses of political and social philosophy in ways that cannot be defended in terms of any alleged sui generis features of international relations.
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The competition state today: from raison d’État to raison du Monde
TL;DR: In a globalising world, states are undergoing a fundamental transformation in their underlying rationality, what Foucault has called governmentality is being superseded by a transnationalising, globalising rationality that I call raison du Monde, at the core of which is the imperative of maintaining and promoting competitiveness in a world marketplace and multi-level political system.
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War Aims and War Outcomes Why Powerful States Lose Limited Wars
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a theory focusing on how states with tremendous advantages in capabilities and resources are often unable to attain even limited objectives vis-a-vis much weaker adversaries.
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