Book Reviews : Theoretical Aspects of International Relations. Edited by WILLIAM T. R. Fox. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1959. Pp. 118. $3.25.)
| Date | 01 September 1960 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296001300324 |
| Author | Charles A. Mcclelland |
| Published date | 01 September 1960 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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devote
less
attention
to
public
opinion
and work
more
closely
with
legislators
and
administrators
than
do
similar
groups
in
the
United
States.
Interest
Groups
on
Four
Continents
is
one
of
the
more
noteworthy
recent
contributions
to
the
growing
literature
on
the
role
of
organized
groups
in
politics.
The
nine
reports
on
interest
groups
in
the
various
countries
alone
constitute
an
invaluable
source
of
information.
Fortunately,
the
stimulating
and
thought-
provoking
questions
and
comments
of
the
delegates
in
the
discussion
sessions
equal
in
quality
the
country
reports.
This
book
merits
the
attention
of
all
stu-
dents
of
politics.
HENRY
A.
TURNER
Santa
Barbara,
California
Theoretical
Aspects
of
International
Relations.
Edited
by
WILLIAM
T.
R.
Fox.
(Notre Dame:
University
of
Notre
Dame
Press,
1959.
Pp. 118.
$3.25.)
Theoretical
Aspects
of
International
Relations
is
a
small
volume
of
essays
prepared
originally
for
an
inter-university
seminar
which
met
at
Columbia
University
in
1957.
The
collection
is
loosely
integrated
and
is
valuable
for
the
number
of
perspectives
it
opens
on
the
problem
of
theory
in
international
relations.
Paul
Nitze
suggests
what
criteria
might
be
used
in
constructing
a
general
theory
for
international
relations
in
terms
of
structure,
purpose,
and
situation.
He
suggests
that
it
be
sufficiently
concrete
and
simple
and
that
it
encompass
both
normative
and
empirical
approaches.
Hans
Morgenthau
writes
along
a
familiar
line
in
discussing
the
theory
of
power
and
interests
and
in
defining
the
limits
and
potentials
of
science
in
political
science.
William
Fox
makes
interest-
ing
comments
on
why
the
concern
with
theory
and
theory-building
has
grown,
on
standards
for
the
evaluations
of
theory,
and
on
the
relationship
of
theory
to
policy.
Kenneth
Waltz
has
contributed
a
reasonable
and,
therefore,
very
con-
vincing
argument
for
the
study
of
traditional
political
philosophy
as
an
aid
and
corrective
to
current
theorizing.
Charles
Kindleberger’s
essay
on
suggestions
and
analogies
from
economics
which
are
worth
&dquo;tries
for
fit&dquo;
in
international
relations
is
the
most
&dquo;behavioral&dquo;
of
the
selections;
this
characterization
is
as
mild,
however,
as
the
definition
of
behavioralism
is
indefinite.
Instructors
in
general
international
relations
courses
may
wish
to
take
special
note
of
the
distinction
Kindleberger
draws
between
bud-
get
and
market
functions
in
contemporary
international
trade
theory.
Arnold
Wolfers
calls
for
a
more
creative
approach
as
well
as
a
more
explicit
one
to
the
basic
&dquo;entity&dquo;
of
international
relations
-
the
state,
the
individual
man,
or
&dquo;corporate
actors&dquo;
other
than
the
state.
This
is,
to
this
reviewer,
the
most
use-
fully
suggestive
essay
in
the
collection.
Reinhold
Niebuhr
has
written
a
pre-
scriptive
paper
on
the
general
subject
of
the
roles
of
power
and
ideology
and
sets
out
to
explain
how
policy
must
be
directed
in
these
two
regards.
Enough
conveniently
available
literature
has
been
published
now
in
the
area
of
theories
of
international
relations
to
make
it
possible
to
establish
advanced
international
relations
courses
at
the
undergraduate
level
and
also
seminars
in
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