Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village

by Daniel H. Deudney

Book Overview

Realism, the dominant theory of international relations, particularly regarding security, seems compelling in part because of its claim to embody so much of Western political thought from the ancient Greeks to the present. Its main challenger, liberalism, looks to Kant and nineteenth-century economists. Despite their many insights, neither realism nor liberalism gives us adequate tools to grapple with security globalization, the liberal ascent,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138303
• ISBN13: 9780691138305
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"