Book Discussion: "Social Theory of International Politics"

November 23, 19:00 - 21:00
Room 11.01, David Hume Tower


Next Wednesday the IR Society will be meeting for a book discussion on Alexander Wendt's (picture) Social Theory of International Politics, one of the main contemporary works on Constructivism in IR Theory (although it is considered an approach to IR, rather than theory).

"In 1992, Alexander Wendt shook up the world of International Relations Theory by publishing an article titled 'Anarchy is what States make of it: the social construction of power politics'. Wendt argues that anarchy can be a structural fact about the world that states inhabit, but that it is up to politicians (and IR scholars) to decide how to deal with that anarchy." (http://www.theory-talks.org/2008/04/theory-talk-3.html)

There will be a presentation with an overview of the main arguments in the book followed by an open discussion in which everyone present is invited to participate.