This book provides an introductory survey of the evolution of Realism in international theory. It is the first book to examine the history of Realism in terms of its own evolution as a paradigm, rather than providing a survey of some of the key Realist thinkers, and the first book to include a detai[...]

Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzini's research on power, realism and constructivism. It explores the diversity of different schools and their intrinsic tensions and fallacies by analysing both theories and their assumptions, and theorists following[...]