The Quattrocento as a Waltz

Poem

The Quattrocento as a Waltz

Poem

Another Waltz? Methodological rhetoric and practice in theory of international politics

Although Theory of International Politics is a standard-bearer for explanatory theory in international relations (IR), Waltz’s methodology has been subject to numerous quite disparate analyses. One reason why it has proved hard to pin down is that too little attention has been paid to how, in practice, Waltz approaches real-world problems. Despite his neopositivist rhetoric, Waltz applies neorealism in a notably loose, even indeterminate, fashion. There is therefore a disjunction between what he says and what he does. This is partly explained by his unsatisfactory attempt to reconcile his avowed neopositivism with his belief that international politics is characterized by organized complexity. The inconsistencies thus created also help to make sense of why competing interpretations of his methodology have emerged. Some aspects of his work do point beyond these particular methodological travails in ways that will continue to be of interest to IR theorists, but its most enduring methodological lesson may be that rhetoric and practice do not necessarily fit harmoniously together.

Waltz and the world: neorealism as international political theory?

The recent recovery of an empirically and ethically richer realist tradition involves an explicit contrast with neorealism's more scientistic explanatory aspirations. This contrast is, however, incomplete. Although Waltz's theoretical work is shaped by his understanding of the requirements of scientific adequacy, his empirical essays are normatively quite rich: he defends bipolarity, and criticizes US adventurism overseas, because he believes bipolarity to be conducive to effective great power management of the international system, and hence to the avoidance of nuclear war. He is, in this sense, a theorist divided against himself: much of his oeuvre exhibits precisely the kind of pragmatic sensibility that is typically identified as distinguishing realism from neorealism. His legacy for a reoriented realism is therefore more complex than is usually realized. Indeed, the nature of Waltz's own analytical endeavour points towards a kind of international political theory in which explanatory and normative questions are intertwined.

Questioning Kenneth N. Waltz (1924-2013)

Two little-known academics examine the doctoral thesis of a young theorist, Kenneth Waltz. They conclude that his work is important, despite its ambiguities. Some years later, they catch up with Professor Waltz between classes and explore how his ideas have developed.

Interno e internacional: fronteiras, continuidades ou semelhanças? Notas sobre Gramsci e Waltz relacionadas ao Terceiro Debate teórico em Relações Internacionais

The aim of this text is to provide a brief discussion on possible similarities, equal formulations and differences concerning internal level and international level from a critical comparison between a brief presentation of Antonio Gramsci’s and Kenneth Waltz theoretical formulations.

Admired quadrilles and waltz /

Le laurier.

Gems of the waltz. A collection of standard and popular waltzes by such authors as Waldteufel, Lamothe, Faust, Resch, Strauss, Zikoff, d'Albert, Capitani, Thorne, etc.

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Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's "Flower-waltz" : Nutcracker Suite /

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Wine, women & waltz : a romantic biography of Johann Strauss, son and father /

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The works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron; : containing English bards, and Scotch reviewers; The curse of Minerva, and the Waltz, an apostrophic hymn.

Page 97 misnumbered 79.

Don Juan ; Hours of idleness ; English bards and Scotch reviewers ; The waltz : and other poems /

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