International Relations
nternational relations (IR) is the study of relationships among countries, the roles of sovereign states, inter-governmental organizations (IGO), international non-governmental organizations (INGO), non-governmental organizations (NGO), and multinational corporations (MNC). International relations is an academic and a public policy field, and so can be positive and normative, because it analyzes and formulates the foreign policy of a given State. As political activity, international relations dates from the time of the Greek historian Thucydides (ca. 460–395 BC), and, in the early 20th century, became a discrete academic field (No. 5901 in the 4-digit UNESCO Nomenclature) within political science. However, international relations is an interdisciplinary field of study.[3]
Besides political science, the field of international relations draws intellectual materials from the fields technology and engineering, economics, history, and international law, philosophy, geography, and social work, sociology, anthropology, and criminology, psychology and gender studies, cultural studies and culturology. The scope of international relations comprehends globalization, state sovereignty, and international security, ecological sustainability, nuclear proliferation, and nationalism, economic development and global finance, terrorism and organized crime, human security, foreign interventionism, and human rights.
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* 1 History o 1.1 Study of IR * 2 Theory o 2.1 Normative theory o 2.2 Epistemology and IR theory o 2.3 Positivist theories + 2.3.1 Realism + 2.3.2 Liberalism/idealism/liberal internationalism + 2.3.3 Neoliberalism + 2.3.4 Regime theory o 2.4 Post-positivist/reflectivist theories + 2.4.1 International society theory (the English school) + 2.4.2 Social constructivism
Besides political science, the field of international relations draws intellectual materials from the fields technology and engineering, economics, history, and international law, philosophy, geography, and social work, sociology, anthropology, and criminology, psychology and gender studies, cultural studies and culturology. The scope of international relations comprehends globalization, state sovereignty, and international security, ecological sustainability, nuclear proliferation, and nationalism, economic development and global finance, terrorism and organized crime, human security, foreign interventionism, and human rights.
Contents [hide]
* 1 History o 1.1 Study of IR * 2 Theory o 2.1 Normative theory o 2.2 Epistemology and IR theory o 2.3 Positivist theories + 2.3.1 Realism + 2.3.2 Liberalism/idealism/liberal internationalism + 2.3.3 Neoliberalism + 2.3.4 Regime theory o 2.4 Post-positivist/reflectivist theories + 2.4.1 International society theory (the English school) + 2.4.2 Social constructivism