국제란 무엇인가?: 월츠의 무정부상태 vs. 로젠버그의 불균등결합발전

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What is ‘the International’? This is arguably the foundational question of International Relations (IR). IR theories have mainly theorized ‘the international’ by the lack of government ? the domestic analogy. This article examines an alternative theory of the international - Justin Rosenberg’s theory of Uneven and Combined Development (U&CD). First, this article critically reviews how conventional theories of International Relations, in particular Waltz’s Neorealism, have theorized the ‘International’. Second, this article examines why Rosenberg has severely criticized the mainstream theories and how he has reformulated Trotsky’s concept of U&CD. Finally, this article traces the several rounds of debates mainly in European IR over Rosenberg’s U&CD. The article argues that he has successfully developed ‘International’ theory with causality and generative mechanism of multiple political units and international structure. Moreover, his theory has framed lots of empirical studies, and thereby has become a new and influential research program in IR.

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