Critical international relations theory

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* Classical realism
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* Neo-Gramscianism
* Critical security studies
* Critical theory
* English School
* Intergovernmentalism (liberal intergovernmentalism)
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* Copenhagen School
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* Postpositivism
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* International ethics
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* Geopolitics

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* Michael Barnett
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* E. H. Carr
* Daniel Deudney
* Michael W. Doyle
* Cynthia Enloe
* James Fearon
* Martha Finnemore
* Robert Gilpin
* Samuel P. Huntington
* John Ikenberry
* Robert Jervis
* Peter J. Katzenstein
* Robert Keohane
* Henry Kissinger
* Stephen D. Krasner
* John Mearsheimer
* Hans Morgenthau
* Joseph Nye
* Kathryn Sikkink
* Susan Strange
* J. Ann Tickner
* Immanuel Wallerstein
* Stephen Walt
* Kenneth Waltz
* Alexander Wendt
* Yan Xuetong
* Qin Yaqing

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Critical international relations theory is a diverse set of schools of thought in international relations (IR) that have criticized the theoretical, meta-theoretical and/or political status quo, both in IR theory and in international politics more broadly – from positivist as well as postpositivist positions. Positivist critiques include Marxist and neo-Marxist approaches and certain ("conventional") strands of social constructivism. Postpositivist critiques include poststructuralist, postcolonial, "critical" constructivist, critical theory (in the strict sense used by the Frankfurt School), neo-Gramscian, most feminist, and some English School approaches, as well as non-Weberian historical sociology,[1] "international political sociology", "critical geopolitics", and the so-called "new materialism"[2] (partly inspired by actor–network theory). All of these latter approaches differ from both realism and liberalism in their epistemological and ontological premises.

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* Feminism (international relations)
* Postcolonialism (international relations)
* Postmodernism (international relations)

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### Footnotes

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1. ^ See, e.g., Hobden & Hobson 2002.
2. ^ See, e.g., van der Tuin & Dolphijn 2012; Coole & Frost 2010; Connolly 2013.

### Bibliography

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* Connolly, William E. (2013). "The 'New Materialism' and the Fragility of Things". Millennium: Journal of International Studies. 41 (3): 399–412\. doi:10.1177/0305829813486849. ISSN 1477-9021. S2CID 143725752.
* Coole, Diana; Frost, Samantha, eds. (2010). New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-4753-8.
* Hobden, Stephen; Hobson, John M., eds. (2002). Historical Sociology of International Relations. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80870-5.
* Van der Tuin, Iris; Dolphijn, Rick (2012). New Materialism: Interviews and Cartographies. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Open Humanities Press. doi:10.3998/ohp.11515701.0001.001. ISBN 978-1-60785-281-0.

## Further reading

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* Campell, David; George, Jim (1990). "Patterns of Dissent and the Celebration of Difference: Critical Social Theory and International Relations". International Studies Quarterly. 34 (3): 269–293\. doi:10.2307/2600570. ISSN 1468-2478. JSTOR 2600570.
* Cox, Robert W. (2001). "The Way Ahead: Toward a New Ontology of World Order". In Wyn Jones, Richard (ed.). Critical Theory and World Politics. Boulder, Colorado: Lyenner Rienner Publishers. pp. 45–60. ISBN 978-1-55587-802-3.
* Devetak, Richard (2005). "Critical Theory" (PDF). In Burchill, Scott; Linklater, Andrew; Devetak, Richard; Donnelly, Jack; Paterson, Matthew; Reus-Smit, Christian; True, Jacqui (eds.). Theories of International Relations (3rd ed.). London: Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 137–160\. ISBN 978-1-4039-4865-6. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
* Edkins, Jenny (1999). Poststructuralism & International Relations: Bringing the Political Back in. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55587-845-0.
* Enloe, Cynthia (2004). The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24381-1.
* George, Jim (1994). Discourses of Global Politics: A Critical (Re)Introduction to International Relations. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55587-446-9.
* Jabri, Vivienne; O'Gorman, Eleanor, eds. (1999). Women, Culture, and International Relations. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55587-701-9.
* Keyman, Emin Fuat (1997). Globalization, State, Identity/Difference: Toward a Critical Social Theory of International Relations. Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press. ISBN 978-1-57392-605-8.
* Linklater, Andrew (1986). "Realism, Marxism and Critical International Theory". Review of International Studies. 12 (4): 301–312\. doi:10.1017/S0260210500113865. JSTOR 20097092. S2CID 143765625.
*  ———  (1992). "The Question of the Next Stage in International Relations Theory: A Critical-Theoretical Point of View". Millennium. 21 (1): 77–98\. doi:10.1177/03058298920210010601. ISSN 1477-9021. S2CID 144042272.
*  ———  (1996). "The Achievements of Critical Theory". In Smith, Steve; Booth, Ken; Zalewski, Marysia (eds.). International Theory: Positivism and Beyond. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. pp. 279–298\. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511660054.015. ISBN 978-0-511-66005-4.
*  ———  (1997). "The Transformation of Political Community: E. H. Carr, Critical Theory and International Relations". Review of International Studies. 23 (3): 321–338\. doi:10.1017/S0260210597003215. ISSN 1469-9044. JSTOR 20097484. S2CID 145550812. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
* Roach, Steven C., ed. (2007). Critical Theory and International Relations: A Reader. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-95419-8.
* Ross, Carne (2007). "Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite". Independent Diplomat: Despatches from an Unaccountable Elite. London: C. Hurst & Co. ISBN 978-1-85065-843-6. JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctt1tm7g38.
* Sylvester, Christine (2002). Feminist International Relations: An Unfinished Journey. Cambridge Studies in International Relations. Vol. 77\. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79177-9.
* Weber, Cynthia (2004). International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction (2nd ed.). Abingdon, England: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-34208-7.
* Roach, Steven C. (2013). Critical Theory of International Politics: Complementarity, Justice, and Governance (1st ed.). Abingdon, England: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-77484-0.

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* Frankfurt School
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Theorists|

* Theodor W. Adorno
* Walter Benjamin
* Erich Fromm
* Jürgen Habermas
* Axel Honneth
* Max Horkheimer
* Otto Kirchheimer
* Siegfried Kracauer
* Leo Löwenthal
* Herbert Marcuse
* Friedrich Pollock
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* Binary opposition
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International relations theory

Constructivism|

* Feminist constructivism

Liberalism|

* Idealism
* Democratic peace theory
* Capitalist peace
* Republican liberalism
* Liberal institutionalism

Marxism|

* Dependency theory
* Theories of imperialism
* Uneven and combined development
* World-systems theory

Realism|

* Classical realism
* Neoclassical realism
* Neorealism
* Offensive realism
* Defensive realism
* Territorial peace theory
* Democratic peace theory
* Realpolitik

Other theories|

* Neo-Gramscianism
* Critical security studies
* Critical theory
* English School
* Intergovernmentalism (liberal intergovernmentalism)
* International political economy
* Feminism
* Green theory
* Hegemonic stability theory
* Copenhagen School
* Functionalism (neofunctionalism)
* Postmodernism
* Postcolonialism
* Intercommunalism
* Chinese school of international relations

Classifications|

* Postpositivism
* Rationalism
* Reflectivism
* "Great Debates"
* Inter-paradigm debate

Other approaches|

* International ethics
* Historical sociology
* Regime theory
* State cartel theory
* Geopolitics

Scholars|

* Michael Barnett
* Zbigniew Brzezinski
* Hedley Bull
* E. H. Carr
* Daniel Deudney
* Michael W. Doyle
* Cynthia Enloe
* James Fearon
* Martha Finnemore
* Robert Gilpin
* Samuel P. Huntington
* John Ikenberry
* Robert Jervis
* Peter J. Katzenstein
* Robert Keohane
* Henry Kissinger
* Stephen D. Krasner
* John Mearsheimer
* Hans Morgenthau
* Joseph Nye
* Kathryn Sikkink
* Susan Strange
* J. Ann Tickner
* Immanuel Wallerstein
* Stephen Walt
* Kenneth Waltz
* Alexander Wendt
* Yan Xuetong
* Qin Yaqing

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