{"product_id":"the-realist-case-for-global-reform-9780745650302","title":"The Realist Case for Global Reform","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA reconsideration of the main figures of international political theory. It challenges conventional wisdom to reveal a neglected tradition of Progressive Realism contributing to debates about international policy-making and world government. It also considers how Progressive Realism informs the foreign policies of US President Barack Obama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent corrective to the simplistic realism so often taught to students of international relations at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlobal Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This fusing of radical and Realist ideas remains the most intriguing development in international theory of the past decade.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Very persuasive ... undoubtedly a rewarding read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book offers fresh insight into a school of thought largely seen as unyielding, and offers renewed hope to the concepts of global reform and postnational governance.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustralian Journal of International Relations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A challenging account of how realism can influence existing international relations, which have undergone a major transformation in recent decades.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A really provocative read - very much a book in the best Polity tradition. This is an intellectual winner, and deserves to have an impact.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Cox, London School of Economics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Realist logic of world government has been substantially enhanced by William Scheuerman in this thorough and well-written analysis. No one can now deny that the intellectual founders of contemporary Realism were far more willing to look beyond the interstate system than their Neorealist successors.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Campbell Craig, Aberystwyth University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Scheuerman's brilliant presentation of classic Realists as proponents of a Progressive Realism radically transforms the way in which we can and should understand the Realist tradition, and links Progressive Realism to advocacy of a form of world government that is a welcome alternative to an anemic ‘governance without government'.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Stirk, Durham University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface vi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Meet the Progressive Realists 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Why (Almost) Everything You Learned About Realism is Wrong 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Realists Against the Nation State 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Realist Global Reformism 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 What Cosmopolitans Can Learn from Progressive Realism 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 What Other Global Reformers Can Learn from Progressive Realism 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Who’s Afraid of the World State? 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: A Niebuhrian President? 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 174\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences 191\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 209\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862919512407,"sku":"9780745650302","price":21.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745650302.jpg?v=1759919092","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-realist-case-for-global-reform-9780745650302","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}