Commonsense Constructivism, Or, The Making of World AffairsM.E. Sharpe, 2000 - 248 pages This engaging book presents an intriguing new approach to understanding world affairs. "Constructivism" first found its way to IR -- the field of international relations -- in an exceptionally demanding form. This book is quite the opposite. In a highly readable and witty way, Commonsense Constructivism, or the Making of World Affairs, makes clear how everything around us (IR included) is constructed. In the process, it also shows how narrow the standard IR approaches are, and how much we miss as a consequence. Ralph Pettman's conceptual framework of state-making, wealth-making, self-making, and mind-making allows us to see such notions as "globalization" in a revealing new light. This work is intended to be fully accessible to students, but it will be welcomed by anyone who has been mystified by constructivism -- or who simply wants to better understand the ways we understand our world. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: Commonsense Constructivism 1. Making World Affairs I. THE NEGLECTED ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE 2. Making Modernity 3. Making Sovereign Selves, Social Collectives, and Nations II. THE DOMINANT ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE 4. Making States and Making Markets CONCLUSION: A Constructed World |
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... example , piqued in part at the loss of British power , write off the attempt to scientize the discipline . Led first by a colo- nial ally ( Bull 1966 ) , they still tend to dismiss behavioralism in all its forms . For a subject like ...
... example , and most conserva- tive constructivists do , in practice , advocate adaptation and change . None of these changes are meant to undermine the disciplinary commitment to the use of strict scientific reasoning , however . Indeed ...
... example , were said to be constructs and to co - constitute each other . This allowed the scientizers to talk about the com- peting interpretations agents and structures construct of each other . This , in turn , brought the whole ...
... example , or structures in terms of " structuring . " They were not invited to consider the conceptualizing and dichotomizing of the agent - and - structure problematic as a case of mis- placed concreteness , as an attempt to reify a ...
... example , the inter- national norms that govern diplomacy , treaties , and balances of power ( Bull and Watson 1984 ) . By including these practices in his analysis of world affairs , he is able to include people's common knowledge ...
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THE NEGLECTED ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE | 69 |
Making Modernity | 71 |
Making Sovereign Selves Social Collectives and Nations | 110 |
THE DOMINANT ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE | 149 |
Making States and Making Markets | 151 |
A Constructed World | 210 |
References | 231 |
Index | 241 |