International Political Theory (original) (raw)

International political theory separates itself from international politics when discussion moves from particular issues to general arguments. This chapter considers some of these arguments, giving particular attention to moral and political concerns such as the just uses of military force, justice in the international distribution of wealth and power, and the institutional shape of the global order. But unlike the theories discussed in earlier chapters of this book-realism, Marxism, or feminism, for example-international political theory is more inclusive; it identifies the larger field on which those 'isms' are deployed.