There are two well-known approaches to the study of international relations: Realism and Idealism. This book explores the writings of Inis L. Claude, Jr., a preeminent scholar on international relations, to define a third approach. Pragmatic liberalism, an "in-between" approach, argues that a liberal world order can be sustained and promoted by the pragmatic application of liberal principles. It rejects both the over-pessimism of Realism and the over-optimism of Idealism while refusing to maintain that the anarchic nature of the international system is unchangeable or even that we can change it overnight. However, it is possible to eventually improve the international system. This melioristic approach to world order and international relations can be explained through the sophisticated writings of Inis L. Claude, Jr., who has remained a celebrated scholar and an example to students of international relations everywhere for over a half century.

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By Nejat Dogan

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Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 Chapter I: Claude's Pragmatic Liberalism
Chapter 4 1. Claude and Liberalism
Chapter 5 2. Claude and Pragmatism
Chapter 6 3. Conclusion: Claude's Pragmatic Liberalism and IR Theories
Part 7 Chapter II: Order in a Pluralistic World
Chapter 8 1. Claude's Definition of Order
Chapter 9 2. World-Order Proposals
Chapter 10 3. Sovereignty and the State System
Chapter 11 4. Conclusion
Part 12 Chapter III: Management of Power
Chapter 13 1. Management of Power
Chapter 14 2. Collective Security
Chapter 15 3. Balance of Power
Chapter 16 4. The Rejection of Collective Security
Chapter 17 5. Why is the Balance of Power Preferable to Collective Security?
Chapter 18 6. Conclusion
Part 19 Chapter IV: Functions of International Organizations
Chapter 20 1. The United Nations and the Management of Power
Chapter 21 2. Strengthening the State
Chapter 22 3. Universalism and Regionalism
Chapter 23 4. Conclusion
Part 24 Chapter V: The Need for Leadership in the System
Chapter 25 1. A Functional Division of Leadership
Chapter 26 2. Bureaucratic Leadership
Chapter 27 3. The Need for Great-Power Leadership
Chapter 28 4. The United States and World Leadership
Chapter 29 5. Great-Power Responsibilities, Morality, and US Leadership
Chapter 30 6. Milieu Goals
Chapter 31 7. Conclusion
Part 32 Chapter VI: Conclusion
Chapter 33 1. Realism, Idealism, and Pragmatic Liberalism: A Comparison
Chapter 34 2. What Subjects Does This Work Provoke Studying and Some Implications of This Work for Current International Conflicts
Part 35 Bibliography