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First discipline is established
1919, University of Wales - International Relations department founded
Immanuel Kant
Plans for perpetual peace -
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The First Great Debate
Liberalism - balance of power
Realism - Morgenthau -
The Second Discipline
Hans Morgenthau - "Politics among Nations"
E.H. Carr - "The Twenty Years of Crisis"
Power and state interest play a role -
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The Second Great Debate
Epistemological
Behaviourlism - natural science methods
Traditionalism - more historical and easily interpretated as the years go on -
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The Third Great Debate
Neo-Neo debate
International Relations was developing and growing quickly
Neo realism - Kenneth Waltz
Neo Liberalism - Robert Keohane " After Hegemony Cooperation and discord in the World Political economy" - international independence
Neo Marxism - Immanuel Wallerstein and Robert Cox -
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The Fourth Great Debate
post-positivist debate
how international relations should be studied
Rationalism - positivist approaches
Constructivism - Alexander Wendt