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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 "Baldwin provides a valuable guide for political science upper-division and graduate students for thinking about power and international politics."--Choice
Table of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Power Analysis: Important, Difficult, and Recent 1 Purposes of the Study 3 Structure of the Study 4 Limits of the Study 5 Terminology 6 Implications of the Study 8 Chapter 2: Modern Power Analysis 11 Dahl and His Critics 12 Dahlian Power in Perspective: 50 Years On 26 Evaluating Dahl's Concept of Power 44 Chapter 3: Analyzing Power 49 Fundamentals of Power Analysis 49 Problems in Power Analysis 59 Chapter 4: Power Analysis and International Relations 91 Power and IR: The Evolution 92 Power and IR: Analytical Perspectives 102 Chapter 5: Realism 123 Realism 123 Neorealism 130 Offensive Realism 135 Chapter 6: Constructivism 139 What Is Constructivism? 139 Materialism versus Culture 143 Constructivism and Power 144 Constructivist Contributions to Power Analysis in IR 153 Chapter 7: Neoliberalism 155 Power and Interdependence: Contributions 156 Soft Power 164 Chapter 8: Conclusion 173 IR Theory and Power in Retrospect 174 Contemporary Relevance of a Dahlian Approach 176 Power and Military Statecraft 178 What Good Is Power Analysis? 188 Bibliography 191 Index 215
