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D. S. L. Jarvis

Assesses current post structural and postmodern theories and defends international relations as a discipline

Promising to stimulate discussion among both those who celebrate the arrival of the "Third Debate" and those who fear its colonialization and spread, D. S. L. Jarvis offers an innovative appraisal of the various postmodern and post structural theories sweeping the discipline of international relations. Citing the work of Richard Ashley, Jarvis explores the lineage of postmodern theory, its importation into international relations, and its transformation from critical epistemology to subversive and deconstructive political program.

Inspired by a deep-seated concern that theory in international relations is becoming increasingly abstract and unrelated to the subject matter scholars strive to understand, Jarvis argues that much postmodern and poststructural theory has impoverished our theoretical understanding of global political relations, embroiling us in incommensurate discourses and research agendas driven by identity politics.

By developing a series of critical typologies to assess postmodern and post structural theories, Jarvis mount a ringing defense of the discipline's existing research methods and epistemologies, and he suggests that more harm than good has come of the epistemological subversion occasioned by the Third Debate.

University of South Carolina Press

Studies in International Relations

International Relations and the Challenge of Postmodernism: Defending the Discipline

Benjamin A. Most

Harvey Starr

Through the use of logic, simulation, and empirical data, Benjamin A. Most and Harvey Starr develop and demonstrate a nuanced and more appropriate conceptualization of explanation in international relations and foreign policy in Inquiry, Logic, and International Politics. They demonstrate that a concern with the logical underpinnings of research raises a series of theoretical, conceptual, and epistemological issues that must be addressed if theory and research design are to meet the challenges of cumulation in the study of international relations (or any area of social science). The authors argue for understanding the critical, yet subtle, interplay of the elements with a research triad composed of theory, logic, and method.

Inquiry, Logic, and International Politics