Author : Ian Clark
Release : 2016-07-27
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 790/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Classical Theories of International Relations by : Ian Clark
Download or read book Classical Theories of International Relations written by Ian Clark. This book was released on 2016-07-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a tripartite taxonomy first suggested by the so-called English School of International Relations of a Hobbesian tradition of power politics, a Grotian tradition of concern with the rules that govern relations between states; and a Kantian tradition of thinking which transcends the existence of the states system, this book discusses the thinking of central political theorists about the modern states system. Thinkers covered are Hobbes, Grotius, Kant, Vitoria, Rousseau, Smith, Burke, Hegel, Gentz and Vattel.