In this collection, leading international scholars provide their perspectives on the continuing role of the liberal paradigm, both as a theoretical approach to international relations, and as an ordering principle of international politics.

Autorentext
Jonathan Caverley, Northwestern University, USA Philip G. Cerny, University of Manchester, UK Michael Cox, LSE, UK Louise Fawcett, St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, UK G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University, USA Beate Jahn, University of Sussex, UK Charles A. Kupchan, Georgetown University, USA Margot Light, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Cornelia Navari, University of Birmingham, UK Nicholas Rengger, University of St Andrews, UK Christian Reus-Smit, University of Queensland, Australia Nabarun Roy, South Asian University, New Delhi, India Frank Schimmelfennig, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Brian C. Schmidt, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Peter Trubowitz, University of Texas at Austin, USA Ren Xiao, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Inhalt
Introduction; Rebekka Friedman, Kevork Oskanian and Ramon Pacheco Pardo PART I: LIBERALISM AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY 1. Liberalism - In Theory and History; Beate Jahn 2. Liberalism, Democracy and International Law - An English School Approach; Cornelia Navari 3. Realism Tamed or Liberalism Betrayed? Dystopic Liberalism and the International Order; Nicholas Rengger 4. Rising Powers: A Realist Analysis; Brian C. Schmidt and Nabarun Roy PART II: LIBERALISM AND AMERICAN HEGEMONY 5. The Liberal International Order and its Discontents; G. John Ikenberry 6. Power and the Liberal Order; Michael Cox 7. American Statecraft in an Era of Domestic Polarisation; Charles A. Kupchan and Peter L. Trubowitz 8. Neoconservatism, Neoclassical Realism, and the Narcissism of Small Differences; Jonathan D. Caverley 9. The Liberal International Order Reconsidered; Christian Reus-Smit PART III: THE DIFFUSION OF LIBERALISM 10. The Paradox of Liberalism in a Globalising World; Philip G. Cerny 11. Debating China's Rise in China; Ren Xiao 12. The Export of Liberalism to Russia; Margot Light 13. Liberal theory and European Integration; Frank Schimmelfennig 14. Beyond Liberalism? Reflections from the Middle East; Louise Fawcett Conclusion; Rebekka Friedman, Kevork Oskanian and Ramon Pacheco Pardo