Beschreibung:
Fully accessible to students and scholars alike, this engaging book introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. In a highly readable and witty way, it shows how people and their social relations are the basis for everything around us -- International Relations included.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Making World Affairs; Part I The Neglected Aspects of the Discipline; Chapter 2 Making Modernity; Chapter 3 Making Sovereign Selves, Social Collectives, and Nations; Part II The Dominant Aspects of the Discipline; Chapter 4 Making States and Making Markets; conclusion Conclusion;