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SOCIOLOGIE, ISTORIE ŞI MODELE TEORETICE PROCESUALE
SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY AND CONCEPTUAL MODELS

Author(s): Mihai Zodian
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: security; policies, structure; change; neorealism; sociology; history

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims towards reviewing the main contributions brought by social history and historical sociology and evaluating the reception which these two intellectual approaches received in the International Relations discipline (IR). They were involved in the theoretical disputes regarding structuralism’s destiny as a research approach, being often viewed as both alternatives and failed hopes. The debates are still important for understanding actor’s policies, because they identify and select the factors which are considered as significant for an academic domain and can influence decision-makers reactions.

  • Issue Year: 54/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 183-198
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian