- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- New to this edition
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Guided Tour of Learning Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1 Approaches to Security
- 2. Realism
- 3. Liberalism
- 4. Historical Materialism
- 5. Peace Studies
- 6. Social Constructivism
- 7. Critical Security Studies
- 8. Critical Interventions
- 9. Postcolonialism
- 10. Human Security
- 11. Gender and Security
- 12. Securitization
- Part 2 Deepening and Broadening Security
- 13. Military Security
- 14. Regime Security
- 15. Societal Security
- 16. Environmental Security
- 17. Economic Security
- 18. Globalization, Development, and Security
- Part 3 Traditional and Non-Traditional Security
- 19. Coercive Diplomacy
- 20. Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 21. Terrorism
- 22. Humanitarian Intervention
- 23. Energy Security
- 24. The Weapons Trade
- 25. Health and Security
- 26. Transnational Crime
- 27. Cyber-Security
- 28. After the Return to Theory
- Glossary
- References
- Index
(p. 30) 3. Liberalism
- Chapter:
- (p. 30) 3. Liberalism
- Author(s):
Patrick Morgan
- DOI:
- 10.1093/hepl/9780198708315.003.0003
This chapter examines the liberalist approach to the theory and practice of international politics. It begins with an overview of liberalism’s main characteristics, including its description of international politics as evolving, becoming more imbued with interdependence, cooperation, peace, and security. It then considers the major liberalist schools of thought, namely: commercial or economic liberalism, human rights liberalism, international organization or institutions liberalism, and democratic liberalism. After explaining liberalism’s position on human rights and democracy, the chapter explores democratic peace theory. It concludes with a discussion of the Arab Spring as an example of recent developments that have put the liberalist perspective under great strain.
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- New to this edition
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Guided Tour of Learning Features
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1 Approaches to Security
- 2. Realism
- 3. Liberalism
- 4. Historical Materialism
- 5. Peace Studies
- 6. Social Constructivism
- 7. Critical Security Studies
- 8. Critical Interventions
- 9. Postcolonialism
- 10. Human Security
- 11. Gender and Security
- 12. Securitization
- Part 2 Deepening and Broadening Security
- 13. Military Security
- 14. Regime Security
- 15. Societal Security
- 16. Environmental Security
- 17. Economic Security
- 18. Globalization, Development, and Security
- Part 3 Traditional and Non-Traditional Security
- 19. Coercive Diplomacy
- 20. Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 21. Terrorism
- 22. Humanitarian Intervention
- 23. Energy Security
- 24. The Weapons Trade
- 25. Health and Security
- 26. Transnational Crime
- 27. Cyber-Security
- 28. After the Return to Theory
- Glossary
- References
- Index
