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WORLDVIEWS AND THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Also by Jiirg Martin Gabriel THE AMERICAN CONCEPTION OF NEUTRALITY HOW SWITZERLAND IS GOVERNED Worldviews and Theories of International Relations Jiirg Martin Gabriel M St. Martin's Press © Jiirg Martin Gabriel 1994 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published in Great Britain 1994 by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-333-60549-3 hardcover ISBN 978-0-333-60550-9 ISBN 978-0-230-39003-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230390034 First published in the United States of America 1994 by Scholarly and Reference Division, ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-10210-4 (cloth) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gabriel, Jiirg Martin, 1940- Worldviews and theories of international relations I Jiirg Martin Gabriel. p. em. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-312-10210-4 (cloth) I. International relations-Philosophy. I. Title. II. Title: World views and theories of international relations. JXI39l.G25 1994 327----dc20 93-23787 ClP To Gianina and Alex This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures ix Acknowledgements X Introduction 1 1 Worldviews and Theories 7 Conventional Categories 7 Four World views 12 On Theorizing 17 2 Classical Theories 29 Gentz: Balance of Power 29 Clausewitz: War as an Instrument 36 Bernhardi: Militaristic Imperialism 42 Kant: Perpetual Peace 51 Hobson: Social Democracy 59 Angell: Interdependence 65 Wilson: Collective Security 71 3 Contemporary Theories 81 Waltz: Neo-Realism 81 Gilpin: Hegemonic Change 88 Kahn: Deterrence 96 Gray: Geopolitics 106 Rosecrance: Free Trade 115 Keohane: Regimes 123 Osgood: Tension Reduction 130 Falk: Central Guidance 137 4 Worldviews: A Summary 149 Anarchic Idealist Theories 149 Hierarchic Idealist Theories 155 Anarchic Realist Theories 157 Hierarchic Realist Theories 162 Conclusions 166 Notes 169 Index 190 vii This page intentionally left blank List of Figures 1.1 Scholarly Interests in International Relations 13 1.2 Four World views 15 1.3 Idealist Transfonnation Theories 16 1.4 Realist Transfonnation Theories 17 3.1 Existing World Order System 139 3.2 Projected Growth Curves for Actors in the World Order System 142 3.3 World Polity Association 143 IX
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