{"product_id":"a-subjective-approach-to-international-bertrand-badie-9781509567096","title":"A Subjective Approach to International Relations: The Battle of Meaning","description":"China's growing power and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have thrust geopolitics back to the centre of the global stage, but the old geopolitical frameworks, with their positivist methods and their emphasis on structural determinants, will not enable us to understand the increasingly dangerous world in which we are living today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bertrand Badie argues that states and the many other actors now operating in the international arena are products of their cultural contexts and political traditions. Their perspectives and motivations are shaped by the narratives, memories and emotions that constitute people's everyday realities; they are therefore profoundly subjective in character and cannot be reduced to the categories of behaviour posited by traditional geopolitical frameworks like realist IR theory. In Badie's view, international disputes in the twenty-first century are better understood through the concept of the 'battle for meaning', confrontations between different modes of understanding the world. His judgement is that peace and stability depend on greater sensitivity to the worldview and international perspective of other actors in the international arena. A willingness to try to see the world from the subjective perspective of one's friends, rivals and even one's enemies is vital.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This timely and engaging book by one of the world's leading scholars of international relations will be of great interest to students and scholars in politics and IR and to anyone concerned about the growing tensions in the world today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertrand Badie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509567097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509567096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Bertrand Badie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46603022237951,"sku":"9781509567096","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6c1ff59-30cc-484c-b75d-11dfddd4756c.jpg?v=1739695971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-subjective-approach-to-international-bertrand-badie-9781509567096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}