Mon premier blog

Man, the State and War Kenneth N. Waltz
Publisher: Columbia University Press

In 1959 Waltz wrote in *Man, the State, and War* about three "images" of politics: the individual, the state, the international system. Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis Kenneth N. Using constructivist (or critical) theories of the causes of war, write a critique of ANY one chapter of Kenneth Waltz's Man, the State, and War. Waltz's argument stems directly from the logic of nuclear deterrence and the balance of power, a concept he reinvigorated in his seminal text "Man, the State, and War". Can realist thought on the causes of war stand against the constructivist assault ? I have no doubt that nearly every writer on IR who has contributed to OpenCanada has read not one but both of Waltz's books: Man, The State, and War and Theory of International Politics. The levels-of-analysis issue is a fairly large one in IR and comparative politics. Kenneth Waltz, Man, the State, and War. An all-time classic, which I first read as a college sophomore. - That one is easy; it is Professor Ola Listhaug, no doubt about that. His most famous work is Man, the State, and War.) And who is your favorite social scientist?