The present work incorporates all the major theoretical approaches and theories of International Relations since the beginning of this discipline in 1919 to the post-cold war period. Though the work does not lay any claim to propounding any new theory yet it endeavours to put a host of theories and paradigm of International Relations in compact, analytical and readable form in one volume. In order to bring home the crux and core of different theories contributors have heavily relied on the original texts and liberally quoted from them. There is no dearth of books on practical topics or International Relations practice covering period between the two World Wars and period after the World War II. However, books on theoretical aspects of international relations can be counted on fingers. Small number of books that deal with theories cover only the old concepts. The present work fills this gap particularly in the context of Russia, India and other Third World countries. This book covers all the prevalent worldviews and theories, for example, state-centric worldview, multi-centric worldview and global-centric worldview. It even goes beyond these and includes post-positivism, post-cold war theories, post-Communist Russian theories and Third World theories. The book can legitimately claim to be the most up-to-date, contemporary and comprehensive in content. Though the contributors belong to far off places yet they tried to maintain uniformity in the structure of different chapters.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vinay Kumar Malhotra
Dr. Vinay Kumar Malhotra born 1954; B.A. (Honours.), M.A. (Gold Medalist), Ph.D.; 29 years teaching and research experience; 4 years administrative experience; 16 books mostly on international relations, 27 papers and 6 book-reviews published; Life member of IAAS, IACS, IPSA, IACIS-Hyderabad, ILI-New Delhi, IIPA-New Delhi; several national and international seminars and conferences attended; completed collaborative research works with American, Canadian, Russian and Hungarian Professors. Dr. Malhotra has worked for a full semester at the Dept. of Political Science, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary in 1998. As Guest Research Fellow, he completed research projects at Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI), Denmark in 1999 and 2001. With Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute's Faculty Research Fellowship he conducted and completed another research project in Canada in 2001. He participated in Seminars at Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway and University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. As widely traveled person, he has also visited Austria, England, France and Sweden for academic and research missions. He was president of the Indian Association for American Studies (IAAS) during 2000-01. He was also member of the Executive Council and Governing Council of the Indo-American Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad during 2000-03.At present, he is working as Principal of Markanda National (PG) College, Shahabad-Markanda, Haryana. As Head, he taught at Post-graduate Dept. of Political Science, Gandhi Memorial National College (Kurukshetra University), Ambala Cantonment for 29 years. The Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada has given him the status of affiliate and visiting Professor. He was also member of Kurukshetra University's PG as well as UG Board of Studies in Political Science.
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