Description
Regional transformation has emerged as a major topic of research during the past few decades, much of it seeking to understand how a region changes into a zone of conflict or cooperation and how and why some regions remain in perpetual conflict. Although the leading theoretical paradigms of international relations have something to say about regional order, a comprehensive treatment of this subject is missing from the literature. This book suggests that cross-paradigmatic engagement on regional orders can be valuable if it can generate theoretically innovative, testable propositions and policy-relevant ideas. The book brings together scholars from the dominant IR perspectives aiming to explain the regional order issue through multidimensional and multi-causal pathways and seeking meeting points between them. Using insights from IR theory, the contributors offer policy-relevant ideas which may benefit conflict-ridden regions of the world.
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. Regional transformation in international relations T. V. Paul; 2. How regions were made, and the legacies for world politics: an English school reconnaissance Barry Buzan; Part II. Realist Perspectives: 3. Realism and neorealism in the study of regional conflict Dale C. Copeland; 4. Neoclassical realism and the study of regional order Jeffrey W. Taliaferro; Part III. Liberal Perspectives: 5. Economic interdependence and regional peace John M. Owen, IV; 6. Regional organizations à la carte: the effects of institutional elasticity Stephanie C. Hofmann and Frédéric Mérand; 7. Transforming regional security through liberal reforms John R. Oneal; Part IV. Constructivist Perspectives: 8. Ideas, norms, and regional orders Amitav Acharya; 9. Regional security practices and Russian–Atlantic relations Vincent Pouliot; Part V. Eclectic Perspectives: 10. The transformation of modern Europe: banalities of success John A. Hall; 11. Top-down peacemaking: why peace begins with states and not societies Norrin M. Ripsman; Part VI. Conclusions: 12. Strategies and mechanisms of regional change Stéfanie von Hlatky.
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