Rethinking International Relations

International Relations as an academic discipline is faced with three major convergent challenges: a historical challenge from the end of the Cold War and from new forms of internationalism and fragmentation; an institutional challenge from the growing preoccupation of other social sciences with the international; and a theoretical challenge both from these cognate disciplines and from within. Ranging widely over the discipline, Fred Halliday's book powerfully reaffirms the specificity of International Relations and lays the basis for a long-overdue reformulation. Contents Acknowledgements Preface 1 Introduction: The Pertinence of the ‘International’ 2 Theories in Contention 3 A Necessary Encounter: Historical Materialism and International Relations 4 State and Society in International Relations International Society as Homogeneity 6 ‘The Sixth Great Power’: Revolutions and the International System 7 Hidden from International Relations: Women and the International Arena 8 Inter-Systemic Conflict: The Case of Cold War A Singular Collapse: The Soviet Union and Inter- State Competition 10 International Relations and the ‘End of History’ 11 Conclusion: The Future of International Relations Notes Subject Index International Relations as an academic discipline is faced with three major convergent challenges: an historical challenge; an institutional challenge; and a theoretical challenge both from these cognate disciplines and from within. This book reaffirms the specificity of International Relations.