Lectures in the course of international relations theories

Abstract

Epistemological and methodological problems of theory building in the field of international relations , Deconstructing the puzzle of the first theoretical debate (realism versus idealism), Kenneth Waltz's International System, The second theoretical debate: behaviorism versus realism, The third theoretical debate: post-positivist formation versus interpretive positivism, The fourth theoretical debate: Constructivism as a bridge between positivism and post-positivism,