Schools of IR

[sikander kalhoro]

Is there also Schools of Thoughts in IR ?
I have Prakash Chander's book of IR but there is no topic of Schools . .?

[anastasia]

I am also having the same book..I don't have heard about any schools of thought in IR like some other subjects..The topics in the book are according to the syllabus..

[sikander kalhoro]

exactly . .But one of my friend having a book of some different author & he told me about schools in IR . .But there is no topic of Schools in Syllabus /

[junaidd]

There are three main schools in IR:

- Realist
- Liberal (or Idealist)
- Marxist


Within the Realist school are: Classical Realism, Neo-Classical Realism and Neo-Realism.

Within the Liberal school are: Classical liberalism, neo-liberalism.

There's Marxism and neo-Marxism.

The rest, such as Constructivism, functionalism, feminism, etc are not relevant to the CSS course.

I have Palmer and Perkins and Sultan Khan and none of them cover IR theory. But you can find plenty of material for these schools of thought online, especially on Wikipedia.

[candidguy]

Originally Posted by sikander kalhoro

Is there also Schools of Thoughts in IR ?
I have Prakash Chander's book of IR but there is no topic of Schools . .?

International Relations by Parkash Chander, Chap#6, Page#52: Theories and Approaches to the study of International Politics.

[Abdul Ghafoor kakar]

yes, the realist and neo realist, liberals and neo liberals, feminist etc.