Agents, Structures and International Relations: Politics as Ontology

by Colin Wight

Book Overview

The agent-structure problem is a much discussed issue in the field of international relations. In his comprehensive 2006 analysis of this problem, Colin Wight deconstructs the accounts of structure and agency embedded within differing IR theories and, on the basis of this analysis, explores the implications of ontology - the metaphysical study of existence and reality. Wight argues that there are many gaps in IR theory that can only be understood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521674166
• ISBN13: 9780521674164
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"