Explaining international relations since 1945 /
edited by Ngaire Woods.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- x, 381 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The uses of theory in the study of international relations / Ngaire Woods -- History, science, and the study of international relations / John Lewis Gaddis -- The benefits of a social-scientific approach to studying international affairs / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita -- The cold war in Europe, 1945-1947 : three approaches / Anne Deighton -- The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe : spheres of influence / Mark Kramer -- The United States and Western Europe : the theory of hegemonic stability / Andrew Wyatt-Walter -- (cont.) The United States and Latin America : neorealism re-examined / Andrew Hurrell -- The United States and East Asia : challenges to the balance of power / Yuen Foong Khong --Africa and world politics since 1945 : theories of decolonization / John Darwin -- The Middle East : the origins of Arab-Israeli wars / Avi Shlaim -- Japan : reassessing the relationship between power and wealth / Takashi Inoguchi -- (cont.) The study of China's international behaviour : international relations approaches / Rosemary Foot -- The European Union in the 1990s : reassessing the bases of integration / Paul Taylor -- The United Nations : variants of collective security / Adam Roberts -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization : alliance theory / John Duffield -- Arms control : a formal approach / George Downs, Peter Barsoom.