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Theory of International Politics
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The article was published on 1979-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7932 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global politics & International relations.read more
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Neomedievalism, civil war and the new security dilemma: Globalisation as durable disorder
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that "globalisation is creating a growing range of complex challenges to the autonomous policymaking capacity, authority and legitimacy of nation-states, while a new security dilemma is challenging the ability of states and of the states system to provide both international and domestic security as a public good".
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Theorizing the Westphalian System of States: International Relations from Absolutism to Capitalism:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a new approach, revolving around contested property relations, for theorizing the constitution, operation and transformation of geopolitical systems, exemplified with referenc....
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Is realism dead? The domestic sources of international politics
TL;DR: The authors argue that structural realism will not die as the cornerstone of international relations theory until an alternative is developed that takes its place, and in the absence of that alternative, students of world politics will continue to use it as their cornerstone; in an important sense, structural realism continues to define the discipline.
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Instruments of Security or Tools of Repression? Arms Imports and Human Rights Conditions in Developing Countries
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between the importation of arms and the repression of personal integrity rights was examined for developing countries for the years 1982 through 1992, and the results indicate that arms imports by developing countries are linked to poor human rights conditions Thus, arms acquisitions appear to contribute to repression by making violent political acts more feasible.
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Paradigmatic Faults in International‐Relations Theory
TL;DR: This paper argued that neither specific areas of inquiry nor broader approaches to world politics (such as realism, liberalism, and constructivism) deserve the label of "paradigms" or "research programmes" and proposed mapping the field through Weberian techniques of ideal-typification.
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Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes
TL;DR: For centuries knowledge meant proven knowledge, proven either by the power of the intellect or by the evidence of the senses as discussed by the authors. But the notion of proven knowledge was questioned by the sceptics more than two thousand years ago; but they were browbeaten into confusion by the glory of Newtonian physics.
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Introduction to cybernetics
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