Insight from historical sociology promotes a re-thinking of international relations theory in this 2001 collection.

Part I. Introduction: 1. What's at stake in 'bringing historical sociology back into international relations?' John M. Hobson; 2. Historical sociology: back to the future of international relations? Stephen Hobden; Part II. Historical Sociologies of International Relations: 3. The two waves of Weberian historical sociology in international relations John M. Hobson; 4. Neo-Weberian historical sociology and the question of epochal transformations Randall Collins; 5. Globality and historical sociology: state, revolution and war revisited Martin Shaw; 6. Historical sociology and constructivism: an estranged past, a federated future? Michael Barnett; 7. The idea of history and history with ideas Christian Reus-Smit; 8. World system analysis, historical sociology and international relations: the difference a hyphen makes Barry K. Gills; 9. Towards a critical sociology of transnational harm Andrew Linklater; 10. International systems in world history: remaking the study of international relations Barry Buzan and Richard Little; Part III. Conclusion: The Future of Historical Sociology in International Relations: 11. Historical sociology and international relations theory Steve Smith; 12. For an international sociology Fred Halliday; 13. On the road toward a historicised conception of international sociology John M. Hobson and Stephen Hobden.