Scientific realism and international relations / edited by Jonathan Joseph and Colin Wight.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-250) and index.

Scientific realism and international relations / Colin Wright and Jonathan Joseph -- Reductionism, emergence and explanation in international relations theory / David Leon -- The international as emergent : challenging old and new orthodoxies in international relations theory / Jonathan Joseph -- State theory in international relations : why realism matters / Marjo Koivisto -- Inside the American state : reconciling structural and interpretive analyses within a critical realist perspective / Douglas Porpora -- What is realism in international law and human rights? / Bill Bowring -- Is it real? The question of juridical, actual and causal responsibility in sovereign debt settlements / Tomohisa Hattori -- Critical realism and the analysis of democratisation : does philosophy of science matter? / Milja Kurki -- Exploring possible, likely and desirable global futures : beyond the closed vs open systems dichotomy / Heikki Patomäki -- Critical realism, international relations theory and Marxism / Faruk Yalvaç -- World market, world state, world society : Marxian insights and scientific realist interrogations / Bob Jessop -- Realism. For real this time : scientific realism is not a compromise between positivism and interpretivism / Jorge Rivas.