Table of Contents

PART ONE: MAINSTREAM DEBATES: NORMATIVE INTERNATIONAL THEORY Idealism and Realism The Ethics of International Politics PART TWO: CRITICAL CHALLENGES: RETHINKING INTERNATIONAL THEORY Theorizing International Politics The Politics of International Theory PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS: DOING INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL THEORY Self-Determination Political Cosmopolitanism Conclusion International Politics as Ethical Life

About the Author

Kimberly Hutchings is in the Department of Politics at the University of Edinburgh

Reviews

'A lucid, comprehensive analysis of normative approaches to

international relations, and an original contribution to critical theory' - Andrew Linklater, University of Keele `Hutchings combines a valuable account of the current state of the art with a lucid expositon of her own, highly distinctive, position. This will be required reading for students in international political theory, and indeed anyone interested in normative issues in international relations' - Chris Brown, London School of Economics and Political Science